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Crash of a Focke-Wulf Fw.58 Weihe off Aix-les-Bains: 2 killed

Date & Time: Mar 30, 1944 at 1315 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
TD+QE
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Lyon - Lyon
MSN:
3652
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Lyon-Bron Airport on a training mission, carrying three pilots and one radio operator. After a flight of 40 minutes over the Alps, the crew passed over Chindrieux and Châtillon then the pilot made a low pass over the Lac du Bourget when the left wing tip struck the water surface and the airplane crashed into the lake. Two crew members were killed and two others were injured. In December 1993, the wreckage was localized at a depth of 112 metres.
Crew:
Adj Ernst Chronz, pilot, †
Cpl Kurt Becker, pilot, †
Cpl Rudolph Schiere, pilot,
Cpl Otto Steinbach, radio operator.

Crash of a Focke-Wulf Fw.58 Weihe into the Baltic Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jan 27, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
CB+GH
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Parow - Parow
MSN:
3851
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Parow Airfield, near Stralsund, on a navigation training exercise. It failed to return to base and is believed to have crashed into the Baltic Sea, maybe off Bornholm Island. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Lt Fritz Hirsacker, pilot,
Cpt Helmut Obermann, observer,
Lt Konrad Mohr, air gunner,
Lt Peter Thyen, air gunner.

Crash of a Focke-Wulf Fw.58C-2 Weihe in Gattmannsdorf: 2 killed

Date & Time: Dec 1, 1942 at 2040 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Markersdorf - Markersdorf
MSN:
238
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane crashed in Gattmannsdorf apparently following a pilot error. Both crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Fritz Lambrette, pilot,
Ogfr Franz Hoffmann, radio operator.

Crash of a Focke-Wulf Fw.58 Weihe in Altreichenau: 3 killed

Date & Time: Nov 29, 1942 at 1155 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
2763
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances, killing all three crew members.
Crew:
Ofw Josef Rosenberger, pilot,
Uffz Richard Schuchinger, radio operator,
Fw Adolf Schilling, air gunner.

Crash of a Focke-Wulf Fw.58 Weihe in Malé Vrbno: 3 killed

Date & Time: Nov 29, 1942 at 1100 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
3314
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane suffered a technical failure and crashed in Malé Vrbno. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw Heinrich-Otto Brunnhuber, pilot,
Fw Emil Goedtke, radio operator,
Uffz Günter Staas, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Unknown technical failure.

Crash of a Focke-Wulf Fw.58 Weihe in Méligny-le-Grand: 2 killed

Date & Time: May 18, 1942 at 1059 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Toul - Toul
MSN:
2020
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew departed Toul-Rosières AFB on a local training sortie. In unknown circumstances, the airplane collided with a Luftwaffe Arado Ar.96 also performing a training mission out from Toul-Rosières AFB with one pilot on board. Both airplanes entered a dive and crashed in Méligny-le-Grand, some 38 km southwest of the airbase. Both airplanes were destroyed and all three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Alfred König, pilot,
Uffz Erich Steffens, radio operator.

Crash of a Focke-Wulf Fw.58 Weihe in Pori: 3 killed

Date & Time: Apr 21, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
216
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The twin engine airplane crashed in unknown circumstances at Pori Airfield. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Obering Walter Koch, pilot,
Fw Hans Strädiche, radio operator,
Uffz Bruno Delfs, mechanic.

Crash of a Focke-Wulf Fw.58 Weihe in Bergen: 2 killed

Date & Time: Apr 14, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
170
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane was shot down by ground fire and crashed in Bergen, killing both pilots.
Crew:
Fw Alfred Drossel, pilot,
Ogefr Gerhard Klesa, pilot.
Probable cause:
Shot down by ground fire.

Crash of a Focke-Wulf Fw.58 Weihe in Berlin: 4 killed

Date & Time: Mar 9, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Berlin - Berlin
MSN:
419
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances near Berlin-Schönefeld Airport while performing a local training exercise. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw Friedrich Bardischewski, pilot,
Gefr Ulrich Witte, radio operator,
Gefr Nikolai Birkenhold, radio operator,
Gefr Rudolf-Kurt Büttner, radio operator.

Crash of a Focke-Wulf Fw.58 Weihe in Parow: 4 killed

Date & Time: Feb 7, 1942 at 1026 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Parow - Parow
MSN:
2816
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane was engaged in a local training flight at Parow Airport with a crew of four on board. While circling in the vicinity of the airfield, it collided with a Luftwaffe Heinkel He.111P that was also completing a local training flight with four crew members on board. Following the collision, both airplanes dove into the ground and crashed in a field located northeast of the airport. All four crew members were killed. On board the He.111, one crew was killed and three others were injured. The next day, one of the survivor died of injuries sustained and another one passed away on February 13.
Crew:
Lt Werner Salzmann, pilot,
Gefr Franz Schreiber, observer,
Uffz Hans Bliesener, radio operator,
Uffz Karl Dittmann, air gunner.