Erprobungstelle

Dornier Do J Wal

The crew was performing an international flight for the German company Erprobungstelle based in Lübeck-Travemünde. While flying along the Dutch coast, crew encountered problems and lost control of the float plane that crashed into the North Sea some 40 km off Ijmuiden. Quickly on site, the crew of two Belgian and Dutch ships were able to evacuate three crewmen while the fourth was killed. The aircraft was destroyed and lost.