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Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3m off Berle

Date & Time: Apr 13, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Junkers JU.52
Operator:
Registration:
NG+BU
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
5674
YOM:
1937
Location:
Berle
Hordaland
Country:
Norway
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
After being attacked in flight, the pilot attempted an emergency landing when the float plane crashed into the sea off Berle. The occupant's fate remains unknown.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Short S.25 Sunderland I off Bergen: 9 killed

Date & Time: Apr 7, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Short S.25 Sunderland
Operator:
Registration:
L5799
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Sullom Voe - Sullom Voe
Location:
Bergen
Hordaland
Country:
Norway
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
9
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
9
Circumstances:
The float plane departed RAF Sullom Voe (Shetland Islands) at 1030LT on a reconnaissance mission off the Norwegian coast. En route, the aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a German Heinkel He.111 and crashed into the sea off Bergen. SAR operations did not find any trace of the aircraft nor the nine crewmen.
Crew (204th Squadron):
F/L Robert P. A. Harrison,
P/O Ronald F. Hoskins,
LAC Albert F. Roberts,
LAC Dennis S. Lloyd,
AC1 Bernard V. H. Bulmer,
AC1 Charles A. Hughes,
AC1 Leonard J. Fowell,
AC2 Herbert Harrott,
AC2 William H. U. Dolley.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson I off Bergen: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 31, 1939
Type of aircraft:
Lockheed L-414 Hudson
Operator:
Registration:
N7248
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Leuchars - Leuchars
MSN:
414-1644
YOM:
1939
Location:
Bergen
Hordaland
Country:
Norway
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea southwest of Bergen. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Andrew George Henry Bell +2.

Crash of a LVG V.13 Strela near Norheimsund

Date & Time: Sep 4, 1931
Type of aircraft:
LVG V.13 Strela
Operator:
Registration:
N-32
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Charter/Taxi (Non Scheduled Revenue Flight)
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
88
YOM:
1925
Location:
Norheimsund
Hordaland
Country:
Norway
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crash in unknown circumstances near Norheimsund while performing a sale tour. The pilot, sole on board, escaped uninjured.
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