Dresden – Berlin

On June 3, 1936 at 12:00 AM, Dresden – Berlin experienced a crash involving Heinkel He.70, operated by German Air Force - Deutsche Luftwaffe, with the event recorded near Dresden-Klotzsche Saxony.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

2 people were known to be on board, 2 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. Shortly after takeoff from Dresden-Klotzsche Airport, while in initial climb, the airplane banked left, lost height and crashed in a field just past the runway end. Both occupants were killed, among them General Walther Wever, Chief of Staff of the Air Force of the Wehrmarcht, and his flight engineer. He was en route to Berlin to take part to the funeral of the General Karl Litzmann who passed away at the end of May. Crew: Gen Walther Wever, pilot, Cpl Kraus, flight engineer.

Aircraft reference details include registration D-UZON, MSN 907, year of manufacture 1935.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.1144°, 13.7889°.