Crash of a Focke-Wulf Fw.200C-4 Condor in Arnarvatnsheiði: 7 killed
Date & Time:
Oct 24, 1942
Operator:
Registration:
F8+EK
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Trondheim - Trondheim
MSN:
0131
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The four engine airplane departed Trondheim-Værnes Airport on a reconnaissance flight over the western part of Iceland. Intercepted by two USAAF P-38 Lightning, it was shot down and crashed on the western slope of Kleppatagl (407 metres high) located in Arnarvatnsheiði. The airplane disintegrated on impact and all seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Oblt Heinrich A. Godde, pilot,
Fw Mathias Frantzen, pilot,
Ofw Horst Kross, radio operator,
Uffz Manfred Unger, radio operator,
Uffz Alois Schwab, bomb aimer,
Uffz Helmut Engelmann, mechanic,
Uffz Hans Todtenhöfer, mechanic.
Crew:
Oblt Heinrich A. Godde, pilot,
Fw Mathias Frantzen, pilot,
Ofw Horst Kross, radio operator,
Uffz Manfred Unger, radio operator,
Uffz Alois Schwab, bomb aimer,
Uffz Helmut Engelmann, mechanic,
Uffz Hans Todtenhöfer, mechanic.
Probable cause:
Shot down by two US fighters.
