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| Date: | Thursday 28 April 1960 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Dittmar HD.153A-1 Motor-Möwe |
| Owner/operator: | Aero-Club Mühlheim a.d.Ruhr |
| Registration: | D-EHYT |
| MSN: | WB-20 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Essen-Mühlheim (ESS) -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Essen-Mühlheim (ESS/EDLE) |
| local | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed on testflight. Designer and pilot Heini Dittmar (49) killed.
Sources:
Passauer Neue Presse 29 April 1960, p13
http://coptercrazy.brinkster.net/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-May-2014 09:42 | Alpine Flight | Added |
| 08-Oct-2014 17:29 | TB | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Oct-2014 13:23 | TB | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 13-Dec-2015 16:20 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Source, ] |
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