Junkers JU.52

Two Junkers JU.52 of the German Air Force (registered KD+II and D-AKYV) were engaged in a combined training exercise at Klützow AFB (now Kluczewo AFB) in Poland, carrying each other seven crew members. In unclear circumstances, both airplanes collided upon landing. Both airplanes were destroyed and all 14 occupants were killed.
Crew:
Oblt Bernhard Grätoring, pilot,
Uffz Karl Reich, radio operator,
Fw Gottfried Schrante, mechanic,
Lt August Blonder, student pilot,
Lt Eberardt Hoffmann, student pilot,
Uffz Hans Engelen, student pilot,
Uffz Werner Granz, student pilot.

Two Junkers JU.52 of the German Air Force (registered KD+II and D-AKYV) were engaged in a combined training exercise at Klützow AFB (now Kluczewo AFB) in Poland, carrying each other seven crew members. In unclear circumstances, both airplanes collided upon landing. Both airplanes were destroyed and all 14 occupants were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Walter Ottenberg, pilot,
Uffz Ludwig Meyer, radio operator,
Uffz Wilhelm Randerath, radio operator,
Uffz Otto Urbanski, radio operator,
Fw Herbert Otto, mechanic,
Uffz Heinz Dreibholz, student pilot,
Uffz Nikolaus Schmitt, student pilot,

The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances at Tatoi AFB. It is reported that 54 people were injured.
Crew:
Uffz Karl Weitkamp, pilot,
Lt Morgenthal,
Fw Mothe,
Fw Hirth,
Fw Jurk.

The three engine airplane crashed in unknown circumstances at Corinth-Lechaio Airfield. The pilot was killed and three others were injured.
Crew:
Lt Ralf Billerbeck, pilot, †
Lt Anton Pinkl, observer,
Gfr Heinrich Ridder, radio operator,
Fw Kurt Mundhenke, mechanic.

The airplane departed Tanagra AFB on a paratroopers mission. While in initial climb, the engines failed. All paratroopers bailed out and the crew attempted an emergency landing when the airplane crashed in a field near Kalamos, some 25 km east of Tanagra Airfield. Two crew members were killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
Fw Ludwig Wagner, pilot, †
Fw Leonard Lados, observer, †
Uffz Josef Freisinger, radio operator,
Fw Walter Kagemann, mechanic.

The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances near Alikianos, southwest from Chania. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw Heinz Bickel, pilot,
Fw Rudolf Huemer, observer,
Uffz Gustav Peters, radio operator.
Passenger:
Fw Richard Seiler.

The three engine airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Heraklion Airport. All four crew members were killed, among them one was not recovered.
Crew:
Uffz Helmut Biewendt, pilot,
Uffz Willi Schürme, observer,
Uffz Werner Kirnse, radio operator,
Fw Erich Mählig, mechanic.

Crashed near Caen following a fuel exhaustion. Two crew members were killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
Lt Werner Neudeck, pilot, †
Uffz Heinrich Jänchen, radio operator, †
Gefr Joachim Kraus, observer,
Fw Adolf Binder, mechanic.

The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances near Kumanovo, killing all five occupants.
Crew:
Uffz Herbert Dahlmann, pilot,
Uffz Wilhelm Vogt,
Fw Franz Sobotta.
Passengers:
Wilhelm Dorsch.

The airplane departed Bucharest-Otopeni Airport on a transfer flight, carrying 14 paratroopers and four crew members. In unclear circumstances, it crashed in the Apuseni Mountain Range, southwest of Cluj Napoca. Sixteen occupants were killed and two passengers were apparently able to bail out from an altitude of 2,000 metres and were found alive.
Crew:
Fw Fritz Werner, pilot,
Uffz Heinz Sawatzki, observer,
Gefr Albert Kanis, radio operator,
Uffz Karl-Heinz Grabau, mechanic.
Paratroopers:
Gefr Max Föhl, Max,
Ogfr Paul Grätsch,
Pvt Josef Halik,
Pvt Johann Minden,
Gefr Willi Nohns,
Gefr Joseph Nürnberger,
Gefr Hans Pemoller,
Uffz Gerhard Schiller,
Gefr Helmut Schultz,
Gefr Fritz Schulze,
Fw Charly Senger,
Gefr Paul Sommer.