Crash of a Piper PA-46-310P Malibu in Hamburg: 2 killed

Date & Time: May 9, 1988 at 1525 LT
Type of aircraft:
Piper PA-46 (Malibu/Meridian/Mirage/Matrix/M-Class)
Operator:
Jochen Pemöller
Registration:
D-EIHR
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Private
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Lemwerder - Hamburg
MSN:
46-8408054
YOM:
1984
Location:
Hamburg-Finkenwerder
Hamburg
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
5
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The single engine aircraft departed Lemwerder Airtport at 1457LT bound to the northeast with five passengers and one pilot on board. While on approach to Hamburg-Finkenwerder Airport, the pilot initiated a go-around when he lost control of the airplane that crashed on the ground. Two occupants were killed and four others were injured.

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V near Lemwerder: 1 killed

Date & Time: Sep 14, 1942 at 0434 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
BD275
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Abingdon - Abingdon
MSN:
2582
YOM:
1942
Location:
Lemwerder
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Abingdon at 2348LT on September 13 on an operation to Bremen. The following morning, while returning to base, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed near Lemwerder. A crew was killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt F. J. R. Eminson,
Sgt D. Gosden, †
Sgt S. Jolly,
Sgt C. B. P. Nind,
Sgt J. Tweddle.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III in Lemwerder: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jul 27, 1942 at 1748 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
X3653
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Feltwell - Feltwell
Location:
Lemwerder
Lower Saxony
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Feltwell at 1530LT on an operation to Bremen. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Lemwerder, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
W/Cdr Murrey Vernon Peters-Smith, pilot,
F/O Nathaniel Edmund Hodson, observer,
F/Lt David Septimus Stewart Low, wireless operator,
Sgt Raymond Hill Moses, air gunner,
Sgt Adam Thomas Drysdale, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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