Berlin – Munich – Barcelona

On April 21, 1945 at 10:05 PM, Berlin – Munich – Barcelona experienced a crash involving Focke-Wulf Fw.200 Condor, operated by Deutsche Lufthansa, with the event recorded near Piesenkofen Bavaria.

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

25 people were known to be on board, 25 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: 21, passenger fatalities: 21, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. The four engine aircraft christened 'Hessen' left Berlin-Tempelhof at 2025LT bound for Barcelona with an intermediate stop in Munich. At 2150LT, the captain informed Munich he was overflying Straubing and started the descent. But ten minutes later, due to poor weather conditions (clouds, thunderstorm activity and turbulence), the captain radioed that he was continuing directly to Barcelona. About five minutes later, the aircraft went out of control, dove into the ground and crashed in a huge explosion in a field located 500 meters north of Piesenkofen. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire and all 25 occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration D-ASHH, MSN 0009.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 48.9631°, 12.1497°.