Si 204 D-1 WNr 321248 crash on 30 November 1943
 

Hello,

On 30 November 1943 the Si 204 D-1 WNr 321248 of an unknown (to me) Luftwaffe school took off from Roth airfield near Nürnberg for a training flight.

It crashed later this day near Hinterrod, killing all men aboard (four or six depending of sources). According to a local historian it was shot down by German Flak guns located in Coburg.

May the forum members having Luftwaffe loss databases confirm the loss cause, and provide me the unit of the aircraft and the crew names ?

Thanks in advance

Laurent

Re: Si 204 D-1 WNr 321248 crash on 30 November 1943
 

Hello Laurent,

RL 2 III 777 page 79 #8, lists this:

30.11.1943, Flzg.Führ.Schule B13, crash location unknown, cause of the crash unknown, Si 204 with Wnr. 321248, Stkz. BH+FP, 100% loss.

Ff Uffz. Hans Wilhelm KIA
Bf Uffz. Albin Walter KIA
Bm Ofw. Hans Escherich KIA
Sch Lt. Konrad Seits KIA
Sch Uffz. Erich Peters KIA
Sch Gefr. Heinz Krobisch KIA

All the best, Marcel / Venlo

Re: Si 204 D-1 WNr 321248 crash on 30 November 1943
 

Thanks Marcel,

I hope that Matti will have more on the crash site and reason in the NVM.

Re: Si 204 D-1 WNr 321248 crash on 30 November 1943
 

crashed at Waffenrod, 5 km north of Eisfeld/Thuringia, reason unknown.

source: RL2 777/79, VdK

khorat
Michael Balss

Re: Si 204 D-1 WNr 321248 crash on 30 November 1943
 

Unfortunately I have nothing to add. NVM contains same info.

Matti

Re: Si 204 D-1 WNr 321248 crash on 30 November 1943
 

then...up to Waffenrod where everyone took pictures of this crash (:-)

Marcel

Re: Si 204 D-1 WNr 321248 crash on 30 November 1943
 

then...up to Waffenrod where everyone took pictures of this crash (:-)

Marcel

Re: Si 204 D-1 WNr 321248 crash on 30 November 1943
 

http://www.s139146265.online.de/bo/a...tt/2008-11.pdf

dass vor 65 Jahren (am 30.11.1943) ein Schulflugzeug der Deutschen Luftwaffe am Grendel bei Hinterrod abstürzte? Die zweimotorige Siebel Si 204 D-1 von der Flieger-schule Roth bei Nürnberg befand sich auf einem Übungsflug Roth - Erfurt -Dresden - Prag - München - Roth und wurde durch eigene, bei Coburg stehende Flak in Brand geschossen. Beim Absturz kamen alle sechs Insassen ums Leben.

So shot by own flak