F8+BB

On August 14, 1942 at 12:00 AM, F8+BB experienced a crash involving Focke-Wulf Fw.200 Condor, operated by German Air Force - Deutsche Luftwaffe, with the event recorded near Reykjavik Capital Region (Höfuðborgarsvæði).

The flight was categorized as survey / patrol / reconnaissance 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 four engine aircraft was shot down by the pilots of a USAAF P.38 and a Curtiss P-40 and crashed into the sea some 15 km west of Reykjavik. All six crew members were killed. Crew (I./KG 40): Ofw Fritz Köhn, Ofw Philipp Haisch, Ofw Ottmar Ebener, Uffz Wolgang Schulze, Ofw Artur Wohlleben, Ofw Albert Winkelmann.

Aircraft reference details include registration F8+BB, MSN 0125.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 64.1055°, -21.8229°.