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This is a list of accidents and incidents involving German airline [[Deutsche Luft Hansa]]. The airline suffered a total of 58 accidents.<ref></ref>
==1920s==
* 8 March 1926: [[Junkers F.13]] D-290 crashed at Stakken during a left turn while on a training flight, killing the pilot.<ref></ref>
* 20 November 1926: [[Junkers G 24]] D-944 crashed at [[Königsberg]], Germany (now [[Kaliningrad]], Russia).<ref></ref>
* 22 April 1927: [[Fokker F.III|Fokker-Grulich F.III]] D-729 ''Unstrut'' crashed at Floh due to engine failure, killing the pilot and passenger.<ref></ref>
* 27 July 1927: [[Junkers F.13]] D-206 crashed at Amoneburg after attempting a forced landing due to engine failure, killing all five on board.<ref></ref>
* 23 September 1927: [[Dornier Merkur]] D-585 ''Puma'' crashed at Schleiz en route to Munich from Berlin due to a broken wing strut, killing all six on board.<ref></ref>
* 19 April 1928: [[Junkers G 24]] D-946 ''Prometheus'' force-landed in a forest near Spaichingen; all eight on board survived (one passenger was injured), but the aircraft was written off.<ref></ref>
* 26 May 1928: [[Junkers F.13]] D-583 ''Wildente'' crashed at [[Radevormwald]] due to pilot error, killing three of five on board.<ref></ref>
* 25 September 1928: [[Junkers G 31|Junkers G.31de]] D-1427 ''Deutschland'' crashed at Arnsberg due to engine fire; all nine on board survived, but the aircraft was written off.<ref></ref>
* 11 December 1928: [[Junkers G 31|Junkers G.31fi]] D-1473 ''Rhineland'' crashed at [[Letzlingen]] in a snowstorm, killing three of four on board, including pilot Heinrich Doerr.<ref></ref>
* December 1928: [[Junkers G 31|Junkers G.31ce]] D-1137 crashed in Germany.<ref></ref>
* February 1929: [[Junkers G 24]] D-899 ''Juno'' crashed at Epinais, Bretagne, France.<ref></ref>
* 22 July 1929: [[Fokker F.II|Fokker-Grulich F.II]] D-780 ''Havel'' crashed shortly after takeoff from Templehof Airport due to engine failure, killing the pilot.<ref></ref>
* 10 September 1929: [[Rohrbach Romar|Rohrback Romar I]] D-1734 crashed in the Baltic Sea off Grömitz, Germany.<ref></ref>
* 6 November 1929: [[Junkers G 24|Junkers G.24bi]] D-903 ''Oberschlesien'' en route from Croydon to Schiphol [[1929 Luft Hansa Junkers G 24 crash|crashed in thick fog]] at [[Godstone]], [[Surrey]], United Kingdom, resulting in the deaths of seven of the nine people on board.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref></ref>
* 18 November 1929: [[Rohrbach Romar|Rohrbach Romar I]] D-1693 was damaged during takeoff; the crew survived, but the aircraft was not repaired and was written off.<ref></ref>
* 19 December 1929: [[Arado V I]] D-1594 ''Tenerife'' force-landed near Neuruppin, killing both pilots; the flight engineer survived.<ref></ref>
==1930s==
* 4 April 1930: [[Junkers F.13]] D-422 ''Eiderente'' crashed in the Frauenwald forest near Idstein in fog while on a Frankfurt-Cologne passenger service; the pilot and passenger survived, but the aircraft was written off.<ref></ref>
* 7 April 1930: [[Junkers W33]] D-1649 crashed at Limpsfield Common, Surrey while on a freight flight to Croydon en route from Berlin, killing both crew.<ref></ref>
* 7 July 1930: [[Dornier Do J|Dornier Do J Wal]] D-864 force-landed in a storm in the Atlantic off Bornholm, Denmark en route from Stettin to Norway due to engine failure; the aircraft was capsized by a wave and sank while under tow three hours later; five of eight on board died.<ref></ref>
* 6 August 1930: [[Junkers W33]] D-1826 ''Karpathen'' was on a Stockholm-Stralsund mail flight when it struck a mountain near Valdemarsvik, Sweden at night and crashed into the sea and sank; both pilots drowned, but their bodies were never found. The aircraft was salvaged and rebuilt in the Soviet Union with registration CCCP-H4.<ref></ref>
* 6 October 1930: [[Messerschmitt M 20]] D-1930 ''Lechfeld'' was blown onto a hill while on approach to Dresden, killing all eight on board.<ref></ref>
* 14 April 1931: [[Messerschmitt M 20]] D-1928 ''Rheinpfalz'' crashed near Letschen due to structural failure of the tailplane, killing two of three crew; all seven passengers survived.<ref></ref>
* 18 April 1931: [[Junkers G 24]] D-896 ''Düsseldorf'' crashed in a forest near a road at Gex (Ain), France; all six on board survived. The aircraft was rebuilt to F 24kay standard in December 1931 and re-registered D-ULIS; the aircraft was later used as a testbed for the Jumo 4 diesel engine and the Daimler-Benz DB 600 and DB 601 V12 engines, but was written off following a 1939 crash.<ref></ref>
* 13 June 1931: [[Dornier Merkur]] D-1455 ''Weissfuchs'' crashed at [[Saarbrücken]] after a loss of control caused by engine failure, killing all four on board.<ref></ref>
* 6 October 1931: [[Heinkel HE 12]] D-1717 ''New York'' crashed at Cobequid Bay, Nova Scotia in fog, killing all three on board.<ref></ref>
* 29 July 1932: [[Junkers Ju 52|Junkers Ju 52/3mce]] D-2201 ''Oswald Boelke'' collided in mid-air over Munich with a DVS [[Udet U 12]]a (D-1296). The Ju 52 was repaired and returned to service and later re-registered D-ALOM; this registration was cancelled in January 1939.<ref></ref>
*29 October 1932: [[Junkers W33]] D-2017 ''[[Sea of Marmara|Marmara]]'' was on a freight flight from [[Croydon Airport]] to [[Cologne]] when it crashed off the Kent coast.<ref name=Flight031132></ref>
*2 November 1932: [[Junkers F 13]] D-724 crashed in mountainous terrain near Echterpfuhl after a wing separated, killing all five on board.<ref></ref>
*3 April 1933: [[Junkers F 13]] D-534 crashed and burned at Hemkenrode, killing one of two on board.<ref></ref>
*18 December 1933: [[Focke-Wulf A 17]] D-1403 ''Luneburg'' crashed on landing at Hamburg after striking an obstacle, killing six of ten on board.<ref></ref>
*10 March 1934: [[Junkers F 24|Junkers F.24k2kay]] D-1019 ''Rotterdam'' crashed near Gliwice, Poland; the aircraft was initially built as a three-engine G 24 and was converted to a single-engine F 24 in May 1928.<ref></ref>
*29 March 1935: [[Junkers F 13]] D-OHIL crashed off Brüsterort (now Mayak, Kaliningrad, Russia) during a training flight, killing all five on board; the wreckage was never found.<ref></ref>
*25 April 1935: [[Junkers Ju 52|Junkers Ju 52/3mho]] D-AJYR ''E. Schäfer'' struck a mountain near Hallgarten, Germany in bad weather, killing three of six on board.<ref></ref>
*2 November 1935: [[Dornier Do 18]] D-AHIS ''Monsun'' crashed into water at Travemünde during a high-speed low-altitude test flight, killing three of five on board.<ref></ref>
*24 December 1935: [[Heinkel He 70]] D-UVOR crashed at Breslau (now Wroclaw, Poland) due to pilot error, killing all three on board.<ref></ref>
*1935: [[Junkers F 24|Junkers F.24ko]] D-ULET was reportedly written off in Germany.<ref></ref>
*15 February 1936: Dornier Do J Wal D-ADYS ''Tornado'' disappeared over the South Atlantic with four on board.<ref></ref>
*17 April 1936: [[Junkers Ju 52|Junkers Ju 52/3m]] D-ASOR struck a mountain near Orvin, Switzerland after the crew became disorientated, killing three of five on board. The aircraft was operating a passenger service from Lechfeld to Frankfurt.<ref></ref>
*13 June 1936: [[Junkers Ju 160]] D-UPYM ''Puma'' crashed at Hannover due to engine failure, killing one of six on board.<ref></ref>
*22 July 1936: [[Junkers Ju 160]] D-ULUR ''Schakal'' crashed at Cholmek, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) while on approach to Prague, killing both pilots.<ref></ref>
*26 July 1936: [[Junkers G.38|Junkers G.38di]] D-AZUR (formerly D-2000) crashed at [[Dessau]] due to mechanical failure during a test flight; the pilot survived, but the aircraft was written off.<ref></ref>
*1 November 1936: [[Junkers Ju 52|Junkers Ju 52/3mge]] D-APOO ''[[Heinrich Kroll]]'' crashed into mountains near [[Bad Tabarz|Tabarz]] while en route to [[Erfurt]] from [[Frankfurt]], killing 11 of 15 on board.<ref></ref>
*17 November 1936: [[Junkers Ju 52|Junkers Ju 52/3mge]] D-ASUI ''[[Hans Berr]]'' crashed into a mountain near Lauf an der Pegnitz while on approach to Nurnburg-Marienburg Airport on a Leipzig-Marienburg passenger service, killing four of 16 on board. The pilot became disorientated in heavy snow and poor visibility.<ref></ref>
*4 December 1936: [[Junkers Ju 52|Junkers Ju 52/3m]] D-ASIH ''Rudolf Windisch'' struck a mountain at Le Grand-Bornand in the French Alps, killing all six on board. The aircraft was operating a Lisbon–Geneva–Stuttgart passenger service.<ref></ref>
*12 March 1937: [[Heinkel He 111]] D-ALIX ''Rostock'' crashed on approach to Bathurst (now Banjul), Gambia for reasons unknown, killing all four crew on board; 90% of the mail on board was recovered, but the crew was never found.<ref></ref>
*26 March 1937: [[Junkers Ju 160]] D-UPOZ ''Wolf'' crashed at Wätzum due to engine failure, killing all six on board.<ref></ref>
*20 May 1937: [[Heinkel He 70]] D-UXUV crashed on takeoff from Stuttgart, killing all four on board.<ref></ref>
*13 August 1937: [[Boeing 247]] D-AKIN crashed on takeoff from Hannover during a test flight for an experimental autopilot, killing seven of eight on board.<ref></ref>
*12 November 1937: [[Heinkel He 111]] D-AXAV ''Köln'' crashed in the Weissen Stein mountains at Oldenwald, Germany due to possible spatial disorientation, killing 10 of 12 on board.<ref></ref>
*26 November 1937: [[Junkers Ju 52|Junkers Ju 52/3mfe]] D-AGAV ''[[Karl Emil Schäfer|Emil Schäfer]]'' crashed in fog into a hangar on takeoff at [[Croydon Airport]], killing all three on board.<ref></ref>
*4 January 1938: [[Junkers Ju 52|Junkers Ju 52/3mte]] D-ABUR ''Charles Haar'' crashed in a snowstorm at Frankfurt en route from Milan due to wing icing, killing all six on board.<ref></ref>
*22 February 1938: [[Junkers Ju 52|Junkers Ju 52/3mge]] D-APAR ''Otto Parschau'' crashed in fog near Pontoise, France, killing the three crew. The aircraft was operating a Berlin–Cologne–Paris mail service.<ref></ref>
*1 October 1938: [[Junkers Ju 52|Junkers Ju 52/3mte]] D-AVFB disappeared en route to [[Milan]] from Frankfurt with 13 on board; the wreckage was found on 14 July 1952 on the slope of the Pizzo Cengalo in northern Italy on the Swiss border.<ref></ref>
*26 November 1938: [[Junkers Ju 90|Junkers Ju 90V2]] D-AIVI ''Pruessen'' stalled, struck a palm tree and crashed at Bathurst (now Banjul), Gambia after both left side engines failed shortly after takeoff while on a tropical trial flight, killing 12 of 15 on board.<ref></ref>
*4 August 1939: [[Junkers Ju 52|Junkers Ju 52/3mte]] D-AUJG ''Hans Wende'' crashed in the Llaberia mountains near Tivissa, Spain, killing all seven on board.<ref></ref>
*24 August 1939: [[Junkers F 24|Junkers F.24kay]] D-ULIS ''Düsseldorf'' force-landed in flames near Glindow, Germany, due to engine fire during a test flight for the Daimler-Benz DB 601 V12 engine, killing both pilots.<ref></ref>
*30 August 1939: [[Junkers Ju 52|Junkers Ju 52/3mte]] D-AFOP ''Karl Hochmuth'' crashed on takeoff from Hannover Airport, killing all seven on board. The aircraft was operating a Berlin–Hannover–Cologne–London passenger service.<ref></ref>
==1940s==
*9 August 1940: [[Douglas DC-2|Douglas DC-2-115E]] D-AIAV crashed near Lämershagen en route to Hannover due to pilot error, killing 2 of 13 on board.<ref></ref>
*29 October 1940: [[Douglas DC-3|Douglas DC-3-220]] D-AAIH ''Prag'' crashed on takeoff from [[Tempelhof Airport]] in bad weather, killing both pilots; all 13 passengers survived.<ref></ref>
*8 November 1940: [[Junkers Ju 90|Junkers Ju 90A]] D-AVMF ''Brandenburg'' [[1940 Deutsche Lufthansa Ju 90 crash|crashed]] at [[Schönteichen]] en route to Budapest from [[Berlin]] due to tail icing, killing all 6 crew and 23 passengers on board in the worst-ever accident involving the Junkers Ju 90 and the deadliest accident for the airline.
*1 March 1941: [[Junkers Ju 52|Junkers Ju 52/3mte]] D-AQUB crashed on landing in Hommelvik Bay off [[Trondheim]] due to waves and later sank. Three of 12 on board drowned.<ref></ref>
*22 October 1942: [[Junkers Ju 52|Junkers Ju 52/3m]] D-AYGX ''Johannes Höroldt'' struck the side of [[Fruška Gora]] at near [[Bukovac, Novi Sad|Bukovac]], Serbia while flying through clouds, killing all 17 passengers and crew on board. The pilot had received incorrect weather information and thought the cloud base was at .<ref></ref>
*9 December 1942: [[Douglas DC-3|Douglas DC-3-194F]] D-ABBF struck trees and crashed on landing at Barajas Airport in fog; all 24 on board survived, but the aircraft was written off.<ref></ref>
*1943: [[Douglas DC-3|Douglas DC-3-220A]] D-AAIF ''Brünn'' was destroyed in an enemy attack in Germany.<ref></ref>
*15 January 1944: [[Junkers Ju 52|Junkers Ju 52/3m]] (registered D-ADQW, named ''Harry Rother'') crashed at Belgrade, Serbia due to pilot error, killing all five on board.<ref></ref>
*26 January 1944: [[Douglas DC-2|Douglas DC-2-211]] D-AAID force-landed at Plötzig (now Plocicz), Poland due to engine failure; there were no casualties, but the aircraft was written off.<ref></ref>
*11 February 1944: [[Douglas DC-2|Douglas DC-2-115E]] D-ABOW stalled and crashed at Tempelhof Airport while attempting to return following a fuel leak; there were no casualties, but the aircraft was written off.<ref></ref>
*21 February 1944: [[Junkers Ju 52|Junkers Ju 52/3m]] D-AWAS ''Joachim Blankenburg'' went missing off [[Eretria]], Greece with 16 on board; the wreckage was never found.<ref></ref>
*17 April 1944: [[Junkers Ju 52|Junkers Ju 52/3m]] D-AOCA ''Harry Rother'' was shot down during an Allied fighter sweep and crashed near Belgrade, killing three of five on board. The aircraft was one of two that were shot down.<ref></ref>
*21 April 1944: [[Douglas DC-3|Douglas DC-3-220B]] D-AAIG ditched in Oslofjord off Fredrikstad, Norway after a signal flare started a fire on board, killing nine of 20 on board.<ref></ref>
*9 August 1944: [[Junkers Ju 90|Junkers Ju 90V3]] D-AURE ''Bayern'' burned out on the ground at Stuttgart during an Allied bombing raid, there were no casualties as no one was on board.<ref></ref>
*14 August 1944: [[Douglas DC-3|Douglas DC-3-220A]] D-AAIE ''Mährisch-Ostrau'' was destroyed on the ground at Echterdingen Airport during an attack by a USAAF B-17.<ref></ref>
*2 September 1944: [[Junkers Ju 52|Junkers Ju 52/3m]] D-AUAW ''Gerhard Amann'' was shot down over Belgrade, killing all five on board.<ref></ref>
*27 September 1944: At 20:30 local time, [[Focke-Wulf Fw 200|Fockw-Wulf Fw-200D-2]] D-AMHL was shot down by a [[Bristol Beaufighter]] near [[Dijon]]. The aircraft had been on a scheduled passenger flight from [[Stuttgart]] to [[Barcelona]] with five passengers and four crew members on board, all of which were killed.<ref></ref>
*16 October 1944: '''Flight 7''', a [[Junkers Ju 52|Junkers Ju 52/3mg8e]] (D-ADQV, named ''Hermann Stache''), crashed into Skorvefjell mountain in [[Flatdal]], [[Seljord]], Norway in poor visibility conditions, killing all 15 people on board,<ref></ref> including discharged [[Waffen-SS foreign volunteers and conscripts|''Frontkämpfer'']] Kjell Marthinsen, son of Nazi police general [[Karl Marthinsen]].<ref></ref>
*17 October 1944: [[Junkers Ju 52|Junkers Ju 52/3m]] D-ASHE ''Friedrich Dahmen'' was attacked by British fighters and force-landed at Komárom County, Hungary, killing one of nine on board.<ref></ref>
*29 November 1944: At 10:25 local time, [[Focke-Wulf Fw 200|Focke-Wulf Fw 200A-0/S-5]] D-ARHW ''Friesland'' was accidentally shot down by a German "patrol boat" off the [[Sweden|Swedish]] coast during a flight from [[Berlin]] to [[Stockholm]], killing the six passengers and four crew members on board.<ref></ref>
*10 January 1945: [[Junkers Ju 52|Junkers Ju 52/3m]] D-AUSS ''Joseph Langfeld'' crashed near Prnjavor, Bosnia and Herzegovina, killing all seven on board.<ref></ref>
*20 April 1945: During the [[Battle of Berlin]], [[Junkers Ju 52|Junkers Ju 52/3m]] D-ANAJ was shot down by Soviet fighters while on a Berlin-Munich-Prague evacuation flight, killing 3 crew and 15 passengers on board, including film director Hans Steinhoff. Two passengers survived.<ref></ref>
*21 April 1945: During the Battle of Berlin, [[Focke-Wulf Fw 200|Focke-Wulf Fw 200KB-1]] D-ASHH ''Hessen'' escaped from Berlin for a flight to [[Munich]], but crashed near [[Obertraubling]] in [[Bavaria]], killing the sixteen passengers and five crew members.<ref></ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
==References==
[[Category:Lists of aviation accidents and incidents]]
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