Accident Focke-Wulf Fw 58 C-2 Weihe 0451, Tuesday 27 June 1944
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Date:Tuesday 27 June 1944
Time:17:55 LT
Type:Focke-Wulf Fw 58 C-2 Weihe
Owner/operator:FFDS A 10 Luftwaffe
Registration: 0451
MSN: KN+KK
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Baltic Sea near Warnemünde, Rostock, Mecklenburg -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Warnemünde airfield
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Absturz infolge Bordwaffenbeschuß (Feindbeobachtet).
The aircraft was shot down by two enemy aircraft that flew in from England.

Flugzeugführer | Major Alfred Wolf KIA
Bordfunker | Unteroffizier Helmut Mathens KIA
Schüler | Flieger Werner Gieler KIA
Technisches Personal | N.N. KIA

Sources:

GQM-Schulen (Michael Balss)

Images:


Source: BAMA

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
28-Sep-2020 17:03 TigerTimon Added
28-Sep-2020 17:06 TigerTimon Updated [Location, ]
30-Sep-2020 19:41 Apen Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ]
04-Jul-2022 05:15 Ron Averes Updated [Location, ]

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