Accident Dornier Do-27A-1 PE+115,
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Date:Sunday 26 July 1959
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic DO27 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Dornier Do-27A-1
Owner/operator:Heeresflieger (German Army Aviation)
Registration: PE+115
MSN: 212
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Aalen-Elchingen (EDPA) -   Germany
Phase: Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:Demo/Airshow/Display
Departure airport:Aalen-Elchingen (EDPA)
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Crashed from a height of 30-40 meters and caught fire performing aerobatics on a flight day. OFw Ludwig Westermeier (41) fatally injured..

Sources:

https://www.flugzeugforum.de//bw-kennungen-1968-a-53061-11.html
F-40 Dornier Do 27A/B / Siegfried Wache
http://www.schwaebische-post.de/620920/
Passauer Neue Presse 28.7.1959, p3
http://www.weltkriegsopfer.de/

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
04-Jul-2010 10:09 TB Added
17-Jul-2010 05:46 TB Updated [Operator]
12-Apr-2011 14:05 TB Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative]
01-Jul-2012 12:52 TB Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
06-Jul-2012 14:37 TB Updated [Source, Narrative]

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