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| Date: | Sunday 26 July 1959 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  Dornier Do-27A-1 |
| Owner/operator: | Heeresflieger |
| Registration: | PE+115 |
| MSN: | 212 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Aalen-Elchingen (EDPA) -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | Aalen-Elchingen (EDPA) |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed from a height of 30-40 meters and caught fire performing aerobatics on a flight day of the Aero-Club Aalen. OFw Ludwig Westermeier (41) fatally injured.
Sources:
https://www.flugzeugforum.de//bw-kennungen-1968-a-53061-11.html
F-40 Dornier Do 27A/B / Siegfried Wache
http://www.schwaebische-post.de/620920/
Passauer Neue Presse 28.7.1959, p3
http://www.weltkriegsopfer.de/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Jul-2010 10:09 | TB | Added |
| 17-Jul-2010 05:46 | TB | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 12-Apr-2011 14:05 | TB | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Jul-2012 12:52 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Jul-2012 14:37 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Jun-2024 08:22 | TB | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Jun-2025 07:57 | TB | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, ] |
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