Aalborg - Aalborg

On May 29, 1940 at 12:00 AM, Aalborg - Aalborg experienced a crash involving Focke-Wulf Fw.200 Condor, operated by German Air Force - Deutsche Luftwaffe, with the event recorded near Tranøyfjorden Troms.

The flight was categorized as bombing and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

6 people were known to be on board, 6 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 6, crew fatalities: 6, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is terrorism act, hijacking, sabotage. The crew left Aalborg Airport in the day on a bombing mission to Simavik and Skarsfjord. On the return trip, the four engine aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a RAF Hurricane and crashed in the Tranøyfjorden. All six occupants were killed. The registration is unconfirmed yet. Crew (1./I./KG 40): Lt Otto Freytag, pilot, Oblt Günther Thiel, Ofw Heinrich Ruthmann, Ofw Willi Rieker, Uffz Franz Seelbach, Gefr Manfred Stephani. Source and photos on http://ktsorens.tihlde.org/flyvrak/dyroy.html

Aircraft reference details include registration F8+BH.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 69.1115°, 17.4154°.