Focke-Wulf Fw.200 Condor crash, Oct 11, 1944 (51 killed)
Focke-Wulf Fw.200 Condor accident on October 11, 1944 near Lavangen Troms, Norway with 51 fatalities. Cause: The aircraft was reported overloaded and...
- Date: October 11, 1944
- Aircraft: Focke-Wulf Fw.200 Condor
- Location: Lavangen Troms, Norway
- Fatalities: 51
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The aircraft was reported overloaded and its tail broke away over the fjord, while German reports from January 1945 cited technical failure.
A Luftwaffe Focke Wulf Fw 200C4 Condor of KG 40 crashed into the Lavangen fjord near Kvanntoneset in northern Norway on 11 October 1944. All 51 aboard were killed, most of them female Luftwaffe auxiliaries.