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| Date: | Sunday 3 April 1910 |
| Time: | 13:15 |
| Type: |  Gas Balloon Pommern |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | unreg |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sassnitz/Rügen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Stettin |
| Stettin | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
After ascending hit Telegraph wires and a factory chimney, badly injuring two of the occupants and making the ship uncontrollable. Drifting on the wind the craft eventually crashed into the sea near Sassnitz, drowning three persons. Delbrück, Benduhn and Hein. Semmelhack survived.
Sources:
Algemeen Handelsblad 04-04-1910
Evening Express & Evening Mail (Cardiff) 4 April 1910: https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4216625/4216627
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Mar-2020 14:01 | Cobar | Added |
| 06-Sep-2022 15:10 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Registration, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 06-Sep-2022 15:11 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 23-Jun-2025 17:56 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Jun-2025 18:11 | TB | Updated [Registration, ] |
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