Criminal Occurrence description
Last updated: 18 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 27 SEP 1944 |
| Time: | 20:30 |
| Type: | Focke-Wulf Fw 200 |
| Operator: | Lufthansa |
| Registration: | D-AMHL |
| C/n / msn: | |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | off Dijon (France)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Stuttgart-Echterdingen Airport (STR/EDDS), Germany |
| Barcelona Airport (BCN/LEBL), Spain |
Shot down by a Bristol Beaufighter.
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Stuttgart-Echterdingen Airport to Barcelona Airport as the crow flies is 988 km (617 miles).
Distance from Stuttgart-Echterdingen Airport to Barcelona Airport as the crow flies is 988 km (617 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
