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| Date: | Saturday 25 September 1948 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | de Havilland DH.85 Leopard Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Noord Nederlandse Aero Club (NNAC) |
| Registration: | PH-NCP |
| MSN: | 7037 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Laschendorf/Schwerin -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Eelde Airport, Groningen |
| Copenhagen-Kastrup Airport | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Force-landed near Laschendorf, in the Soviet Occupied Zone after getting lost en-route.
Pilot W E Molema and 2 passengers J. Ubink, chief editor of the newspaper "het Nieuwsblad van het Noorden" and paint dealer O. Wedema of Groningen took off from the NNAC airfield at Groningen on 25 Sept 1948, flying towards Copenhagen. Allegedly the pilot lost direction and was forced/chose to land in a field in the Russian occupied zone of Germany near Laschendorf/Schwerin.
Sources:
http://www.hdekker.info/Nieuwe%20map/1948.htm#17.08.1948
https://air-britain.com/pdfs/archive/Archive_2008.pdf
Images:
Taken by pilot Warner Evert Molema at the Noord Nederlandse Aero Club - Eelde (NNAC)prior to the crash.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Jan-2008 10:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Feb-2011 09:22 | 1richard | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Feb-2011 09:23 | 1richard | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Nature, Damage, ] |
| 31-Oct-2017 22:51 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 31-Oct-2017 22:54 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 31-Oct-2017 22:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, ] |
| 27-Feb-2018 08:18 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Oct-2022 20:55 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 05-Oct-2022 20:56 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, ] |
| 06-Jul-2025 15:57 | TB | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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