Fw 200C-3/U4 Condor Hommelvik, Sør-Trøndelag

7.staffel III gruppe KG 40 F8+BR WNr.0063 22.02 1942

Took off from Vaernes airfield at 08:09. Their target were ships on the east coast of Iceland. Nine hours and 44 minutes later, they ditched into Stjørdalsfjord due to a malfunctioning of the flaps when approaching Vaernes. Crew survived. Pilot Oblt. Werner Thieme.
2nd pilot Wolfgang Tonn. Ofw.Leo Ludorf (mechanic). Karl Kiessling (1st radio operator). Ogefr. Klaus Kappes (2nd radio operator).
Gefr. August Kaufmann (air gunner).

26.05 1999 © kjell sørensen
Oblt. Werner Thieme
© photo: Deutsches Technikmuseum, Berlin via hans olav løkken
26. May 1999. At 06:36 the aircraft collapsed and dropped 15 meters on to the barge.

Den 14. desember 1944 er Wolfgang Tonn i Münster-Handorf for omskolering til nattjager. Under en treningstur styrter han og blir drept i sin He 219 (G9-NH, W.Nr 190234).

Ofw. Leo Ludorf ble også omskolert til jagerflyger. Få dager etter at Tonn ble drept, mister Ludorf livet i sin Bf 109 G-6 ( 6./J.G 53 - W.Nr. 440636) i luftkamp over Rutesheim/ Leonberg.
Info/ photos: KG 40 Archiv Günther Ott. via Hans Olav Løkken

Pictures from the recovery at Djupvasskaia in Hommelvik 26th. May 1999
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W.Nr. 0063 when it was still in operation with 3./KG 40 as F8+CL.
©KG 40 Archiv Günther Ott.