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| Date: | Saturday 29 August 1959 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  Piper J3C-85 Cub |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | D-EFAM |
| MSN: | 13136/12966 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Wildbad im Schwarzwald -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Stuttgart |
| Confidence Rating: |  Little or no information is available |
Crashed and caught fire at Skiwiese Sommerberg. Pilot (Stuttgarter publisher and WWII pilot Wilhelm Herget/49) and female passenger (30) suffered serious burns. Passenger died next day.
Note: three airplane and two glider destroyed in Germany in August 1959
Sources:
Honnefer Volkszeitung 31 August 1959, p2
Mannheimer Morgen 31 August 1959, p11
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Dec-2015 20:55 | TB | Added |
| 01-Aug-2019 15:58 | A.J.Scholten | Updated [Source, ] |
| 18-Apr-2025 19:17 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Apr-2025 18:06 | TB | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 24-May-2025 10:07 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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