Berlin – Stockholm

On November 29, 1944 at 10:25 AM, Berlin – Stockholm experienced a crash involving Focke-Wulf Fw.200 Condor, operated by Deutsche Lufthansa, with the event recorded near Falsterbo Skåne.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

10 people were known to be on board, 10 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: 6, passenger fatalities: 6, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is terrorism act, hijacking, sabotage. While approaching the Swedish coast while on a flight from Berlin to Stockholm, the four engine aircraft christened 'Friesland' was accidentally shot down by a German patrol boat and crashed in Malkläppen. All ten occupants were killed. Crew: Paul Gutschmidt, pilot, Ernst Breitenbach, pilot, Fritz Brauner, radio, Wolfgang Lenz, radio.

Aircraft reference details include registration D-ARHW, MSN 2994.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 55.4174°, 12.9522°.