ASN Aircraft accident Focke-Wulf Fw 200KB-1 D-ASHH Piesenkofen
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Date:Saturday 21 April 1945
Type:Silhouette image of generic fw2h model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Focke-Wulf Fw 200KB-1
Operator:Deutsche Lufthansa
Registration: D-ASHH
MSN: 0009
First flight:
Crew:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Passengers:Fatalities: 16 / Occupants: 16
Total:Fatalities: 21 / Occupants: 21
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:near Piesenkofen (   Germany)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:International Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:Berlin-Tempelhof Airport (THF/EDBB), Germany
Destination airport:München-Riem Airport (MUC/EDDM), Germany
Narrative:
The FW-200 "Hessen" departed Berlin on a flight to Munich. It crashed and burned out near Piesenkofen.

Sources:
» www.luchtoorlog.be/fw200.htm


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Distance from Berlin-Tempelhof Airport to München-Riem Airport as the crow flies is 494 km (308 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.

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.
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