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| Date: | Wednesday 14 January 1959 |
| Time: | c. 11:30 |
| Type: | Vertol/Weserflug H-21C |
| Owner/operator: | Heeresflieger |
| Registration: | PA+217 |
| MSN: | WG22 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Schwarzenborn/Knüll -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Fritzlar Army Air Field |
Crashed on Knüll mountain (634 m) in fog. The helicopter was involved in SAR mission for a crashed Heeresflieger Dornier Do-27 (PG+104). Pilot Hptm Josef Kleppmeier (41).
Sources:
http://www.gdh-fritzlar.de/chronik.htm
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://www.weltkriegsopfer.de/Kriegsopfer-Hans-Schneider_Soldaten_0_533988.html]
http://www.gdh-fritzlar.de/bilder.htm
https://www.hna.de/lokales/schwalmstadt/schwarzenborn-ort101492/schwarzenborn-gedenken-an-hubschrauber-unglueck-vor-60-jahren-11287002.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Jul-2010 08:19 | TB | Added |
| 15-Jul-2010 08:56 | TB | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Jul-2010 09:24 | TB | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-May-2011 16:11 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Jul-2012 03:28 | TB | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 19-Jan-2019 12:38 | gerard57 | Updated [Source, ] |
| 14-Mar-2022 21:09 | TB | Updated [Operator, ] |
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