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| Date: | Saturday 24 August 1929 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Fokker-Grulich F.II |
| Owner/operator: | Deutsche Lufthansa |
| Registration: | D-757 |
| MSN: | 1571 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Schlüchtern -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Frankfurt |
| Berlin | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Following the rail track east of Schlüchtern (VFR) they crashed into the first and foggy hills of the Rhön mountains, between Elm and Hutten.
Pilot: Alfred Bauer
Passengers: Mr Josef Groß (Louisville, USA), Mrs Thekla Neubauer (Lufthansa secretary), Mr Georg Rücker (Frankfurt), Mrs Rücker (survived).
Sources:
1. World Directory of Airliner Crashes/Terry Denham
4. http://www.christoph-kaeppeler.de/2004/2004aug24/2004aug24.html
Jenaer Volksblatt 24 August 1929
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-Mar-2011 14:38 | TB | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 03-May-2011 01:28 | TomRat | Updated [Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Dec-2018 13:00 | Sergey L. | Updated [Cn, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Oct-2019 14:09 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location, ] |
| 15-Mar-2020 07:49 | TB | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 12-May-2020 17:05 | TB | Updated [Source, ] |
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