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Crash of a Consolidated B-24A-CO Liberator off Lofoten Islands: 3 killed

Date & Time: May 28, 1942
Operator:
Registration:
AM924
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Stornoway - Stornoway
MSN:
15
YOM:
1940
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Aircraft flight hours:
450
Circumstances:
The crew left Stornoway at 0500LT on a survey flight over the Norwegian Sea to locate the German battleship christened 'Tirpitz'. Following an unsuccessful mission, the crew was returning to Scotland when flying along the Lofoten Islands coast, the aircraft was attacked by the pilots of three German Messerschmitt Me.109 fighters. The captain was forced to ditch the aircraft along the coast and while four crew members were able to find refuge in a dinghy, all three other occupants were killed in the attack. The aircraft was lost.
Crew (120th Squadron):
F/O Walton,
P/O Corkran,
Sgt T. J. Culnane, †
Sgt Pickering,
Sgt Booker,
F/Sgt E. A. Allgood, †
Sgt B. F. Smith. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by the pilots of German fighters.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3mg4e near Bodø: 5 killed

Date & Time: May 22, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
7U+IK
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Oslo – Bodø
MSN:
2863
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The crew departed Oslo-Fornebu Airport at 0655LT bound for Bodø. While approaching, the three engine aircraft hit the slope of Mt Fugløy located some 25 km southwest of Bodø. All five crew members were killed.
Crew (2./KG.zbV.108):
Lt Gerhard Kleiner,
Obgfr Gerhard Mathes,
Uffz Erwin Burchardt,
Obgfr Fritz Eilers.
Passenger:
Fw Friedrich Jurkat.
Source & photos: https://ktsorens.tihlde.org/flyvrak/fugloy.html

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3mg4e in Reipå: 16 killed

Date & Time: Apr 22, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
P4+HH
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Trondheim – Pechenga
MSN:
6804
YOM:
1940
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
12
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
16
Circumstances:
The three engine aircraft was completing a flight from Trondheim to Pechenga, in the Murmansk oblast. En route, while cruising in foggy conditions, the aircraft hit the wooded slope of Mt Breitind located near Reipå, some 50 km southwest of Bodø. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and all 16 occupants were killed.
Crew:
Fw Willi Habekost,
Uffz Werner Grünwald,
Uffz Leonhard Voss,
Uffz Rudolf Bollemann.
Passengers:
Bernhard Almeroth,
Friedrich Klingenfuss,
Uffz Johannes Schleucher,
Uffz Erich Dumberg,
Ogfr Peter Hochstätter,
Ogfr Konrad Hutzler,
Ogfr Manfred Hähnel,
Ogfr Otto Nebgen,
Ogfr Friedrich Pröhl,
Gefr Johann Plaotz,
Gefr Wilhelm Gocke,
Ofw Emil Smolka.
Sources & photo: http://ktsorens.tihlde.org/flyvrak/breitind.html

Crash of a Dornier DO.18D-3 off Vesterålen Islands

Date & Time: Nov 14, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
838
YOM:
1939
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The floatplane suffered an engine failure and crash landed in the sea some 130 km northwest of the Vesterålen Islands. All four crew members were rescued and the airplane sank and was lost.
Probable cause:
Engine failure in flight.

Crash of a Blohm & Voss BV 138 off Husøya Island: 5 killed

Date & Time: Sep 13, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
K6+FK
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
310027
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane was engaged in a maritime patrol flight in the North Sea. While cruising at night, the crew encountered poor weather conditions when the floatplane crashed into the sea south of Husøya Island. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Karl Schenker, pilot,
Lt Günther Schast, observer,
Gefr Georg Heller, radio operator,
Uffz Otto Hilger, mechanic,
Ogefr Franz Hell, air gunner.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3mg5e off Bodø

Date & Time: Jan 1, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
KC+DG
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
6929
YOM:
1940
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew encountered unknown technical difficulties and was forced to ditch the airplane that crashed off Bodø. There were no casualties but the aircraft was lost.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3m in Reinoksbreen

Date & Time: Jun 8, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
K1+AL
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
MSN:
2828
YOM:
1937
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was involved in a supply mission to the German troops based in the region of Reinoksbreen. While cruising at an altitude of some 1,400 metres, the aircraft impacted a mountain slope and crashed. All three crew members were able to walk away and to reach an Austrian camp. The aircraft was destroyed.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88C in Bjørnfjell

Date & Time: Jun 7, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
4D+MH
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
2036
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Shot down by the Swedish Flak and crashed in Bjørnfjell, on Norwegian territory, near the border with Sweden. All four crew members were rescued, one was injured.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the Swedish Flak.

Crash of a Dornier DO.26BV3 off Narvik

Date & Time: May 28, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
P5+CH
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
MSN:
793
YOM:
1938
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane was shot down by the pilot of an RAF Hurricane and crashed into the Rombaksfjord off Narvik. Crew fate unknown.
Probable cause:
Shot down by an RAF fighter.

Crash of a Dornier DO.26AV1 off Narvik: 2 killed

Date & Time: May 28, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
P5+AH
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
791
YOM:
1938
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane was shot down by the pilot of an RAF Hurricane and crashed into the Rombaksfjord off Narvik. Two crew members were rescued and two others were killed.
Probable cause:
Shot down by an RAF fighter.