ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 173789
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| Date: | Sunday 8 February 1942 |
| Time: | 09:40 LT |
| Type: |  Heinkel He 111 |
| Owner/operator: | Führer - Kurierstaffel; Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 2108 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Uniemyśl (former Wilhelmsdorf), West Pomeranian Voivodeship -
 Poland
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Rastenburg (modern Kętrzyn) airfield |
| Berlin-Tempelhof, Germany |
On Feb. 8, 1942, in the middle of Adolf Hitler's Russian campaign in World War II, Fritz Todt, the German minister for armaments, died in a plane crash.
Shortly after takeoff, the pilot tried to return to the airfield but this failed and the Heinkel crashed 500 metres from the airfield, with an impact fire. There were no survivors.
(FF) Lt. Hotz, Albert
(Bf) Uffz. Hauptmann, August-Kurt
(Bm) Ofw. Bäuerle, Karl
(Pas) R.Min. Gen.Maj. Dr.Todt, Fritz
(Pas) Sekr. Hellford
Sources:
RL 2 III/772, 41; UKü: 3 Fotos Hotz
https://www.deseretnews.com/article/865621689/This-week-in-history-Nazi-official-killed-in-plane-crash.html
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Personenregister/T/TodtFritz.htm
WASt-Gräberkartei
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Feb-2015 15:25 | gerard57 | Added |
| 02-Nov-2019 16:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2019 17:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 07-Feb-2022 21:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
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