Condor crash site
©kjell sørensen 12.11 2005
© morten moe 10.09 2004
Vaernes airport tower
crash site area
Vi fant ingen rester etter Condoren, selv om vi trålet åkeren med metallsøker. Ved elvebredden fant vi imidlertid et minnesmerke over Per Matheson Brun som omkom ved havari i Stjørdalselva den 11. november 1955 med Thunderjet.

Focke-Wulf Fw 200 C-3/U4 Condor Reppesøren, Værnes

2./I./KG 40 F8+?K WNr.0090 29.08 1942

The heavily loaded Condor took off from Vaernes airfield in difficult weather conditions. The Condor did not manage to gain height and drifted south-west. The pilot was unable to turn right and the heavy wind forced the plane to the ground on the other side of the river. All seven onboard lost their lives. Oberlt*.Theodor Jochimsen. Fw.Otto Schorrer (second pilot). Fw.Josef (1st radio op). Uffz.Karl Vellmer. Fw.Heinz Wagner (flight mech). Uffz.Felix Wiesner (2.nd Air Gunner). Fähnrich Lothar Schäfer. All rests at Havstein cemetery.
info: Günther Ott/ Halvor Jochimsen.

Uffz.Felix Wiesner
photo via hans olav løkken
*Jochimsen had only the rank of Oberleutnant when he was killed. He was promoted to Hauptmann only posthumously.
photo via hans olav løkken
©Halvor Jochimsen
©Halvor Jochimsen
©Halvor Jochimsen
Fw.Otto Schorrer