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| Date: | Sunday 24 September 1939 |
| Time: | 14:00 LT |
| Type: | Dornier Do 17 |
| Owner/operator: | Fliegerwaffenschule (See) 1 |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | S2+3K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | a pond at Gingst, Rügen, Pommern -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Landfliegerhorst Parow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
Few minutes after takeoff, the pilot was forced to perform an emergency-landing.
The aircraft crashed into a pond at Gingst, after it had scraped some 12-metre-high trees.
Flugzeugführer / Uffz. Drösch - slight injuries
Beobachtungsschüler / Flieger Winkelmann - slight injuries
Bordwart / Gefreiter Weller - severe injuries
The aircraft was a total loss.
Sources:
BA/MA, via J. Junker
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Kasernen/Wehrkreis02/Kaserne_ParowFliegerhorst-R.
Images:
BA/MA
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Oct-2020 17:09 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 01-Nov-2020 09:15 | soucek56 | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 29-Mar-2021 17:25 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Source, ] |
| 04-Jul-2022 05:55 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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