F8+KR

On July 9, 1944 at 05:45 AM, F8+KR experienced a crash involving Focke-Wulf Fw.200 Condor, operated by German Air Force - Deutsche Luftwaffe, with the event recorded near Saint-Nicolas-des-Biefs Allier.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

12 people were known to be on board, 12 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 8, passenger fatalities: 8, other fatalities: 0.

The four engine airplane departed La Rochelle Airport on a night flight to Germany, carrying military personnel. While cruising at low altitude, the aircraft entered an area of mist when it struck a wooded hill located in Saint-Nicolas-des-Biefs. All 12 occupants were killed. Crew: Lt Helmut Kutterer, pilot, Sgt Karl Novotny, pilot, Sgt Horst Flechsig, radio operator, Sgt Karl Greeb. Passengers: Kurt Schramm, Ernst Kreigenfeld, Cpl Erhard Sumpf, Sgt Siegfried Kalinowski, Bruno Greil, Georg Kunis, Sgt Walter Kobrich, Ernst Lupp.

Aircraft reference details include registration F8+KR, MSN 183.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 46.0598°, 3.7835°.