Identity of German aircraft that came down on Faroe Islands on 29 November 1939?

[Sid Guttridge]

I was skimming a book on the Faroe Islands when I noticed mention of a German aircraft that came down in the islands on 29 November, 1939, through lack of fuel.

i presume it ditched at sea, as no mention is made of a wreck. It had a four-man crew.

Does anyone know the aircraft type and unit it came from?

Many thanks,

Sid.

[Waleed Y. Majeed]

Apparently a seaplane (possibly a donier do16 according to link). It landed about a seamile from the coast. Due to rough sea and being pursued by a british trawler they managed to reach the coast but hit a rock. One managed to swim in to the beach. A Faroese party of men managed to save the rest. Plane could not be saved.
This is the link if you want the whole story (it’s in danish).
https://www.flickr.com/photos/14716771@N05/4131177222

Waleed

[danebrog]

Dornier 18 D-3, K6+GK, Werknummer 787
Fertigung Dornier/Manzell
2./Küstenfliegergruppe 406

[wekusta]

Sid,

This is from http://www.luftwaffe-zur-see.de/Seeluft ... hr1939.htm and gives crew details as well.

29.11.39 Do 18D3 (17.26 h)

K6 + GK 787 100 2. Ki.FL.Gr. 406

Faroer-Inseln, Qu. 9195 ru., Syderor, Notlandung infolge Propellerverlust, Flugzeug infolge Sturm an der Kiste zerschlagen. Besatzung interniert und spater mit dem dan. Kistenwachschiff “ISLANDS FALK" nach Danemark aberfihrt.

(FF) Uffz. Werner Menzel > Int, (B) Obltn.z.S. Manfred Kinzel > Int, (HB) Ob.Fkmstr. Karl Naumann > Int., (Bw) Uffz. Heinrich Rothe > Int.,

Am 11.04.40 aus Internierung zurück.

References - PG 74898 PG 74950 PG 80073 RL2 11/1173

[Sid Guttridge]

Hi Waleed, danebrog and Wekusta,

Thanks very much indeed. Your replies have brought in far more information than I was expecting. I shall start putting it through Google Translate.

It is your sort of expertise and hard fact contribution that makes membership of AHF so worthwhile. The luftwaffe-zur-see.de site was a new one to me and seems to contain a mass of information.

Six years ago I put up another Faroes-related question on search.php?keywords=Ratray

It involves a He 115 seaplane that was claimed shot down by a Faroese trawler off Ratray Head in Scotland on 12 June 1941. On that thread there was no confirmation of this claim. Do any of you have any further information of this incident?

Thanks again,

Sid.