Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3m in Komárom: 1 killed
Date & Time:
Oct 17, 1944 at 0740 LT
Operator:
Registration:
D-ASHE
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
640601
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
6
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
En route, the three engine aircraft christened 'Friedrich Dahmen' was attacked by the pilot of a RAF Mosquito fighter. The crew reduced his altitude in an attempt to make an emergency landing but the aircraft eventually crash landed in a field. A passenger was killed.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a RAF fighter.
