Junkers JU.52 | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives

The airplane suffered an engine failure, lost height and crashed onto a house located 26-28 Cagliari Street in Marina di Ragusa, bursting into flames. All four crew members were killed as well as five members of the Carnemolla Family.
Crew:
Fw Theodor Rohmann, pilot,
Fw Kurt Bock, observer,
Fw Ernst Hahn, mechanic,
Uffz Willi Michael, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Engine failure.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3mg4e on Mt Leitha: 1 killed

Date & Time: Apr 7, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Junkers JU.52

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1Z+JK

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6270

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1939

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En route to Arad, Romania, with a group of 15 others JU.52 registered to the 'Willerding Gruppe', the crew encountered very bad weather conditions in the area of Vienna. In limited visibility due to fog and snow falls, the airplane impacted the slope of Mt Leitha (484 metres high) located about 35 km southeast of Vienna. The wreckage was found near Mannersdorf. All 15 occupants were killed. On the group of 16 airplanes, five crashed in the same area and 11 others landed in Arad around 1500LT.
Crew:
Lt Hermann Auderer, pilot,
Ofw Otto Lüer, observer, †
Fw Willi Ebert, radio operator,
Ofw Hans Geisser, mechanic.

Probable cause:

Controlled flight into terrain.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3m on Mt Leitha: 5 killed

Date & Time: Apr 7, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Junkers JU.52

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1Z+LL

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6540

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1939

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En route to Arad, Romania, with a group of 15 others JU.52 registered to the 'Willerding Gruppe', the crew encountered very bad weather conditions in the area of Vienna. In limited visibility due to fog and snow falls, the airplane impacted the slope of Mt Leitha (484 metres high) located about 35 km southeast of Vienna. Five passengers were killed and 11 other occupants were injured. On the group of 16 airplanes, five crashed in the same area and 11 others landed in Arad around 1500LT.
Crew:
Fw Horst Bellman, pilot,
Uffz Siegfried Viereck, observer,
Uffz Paul Runge, radio operator,
Ofw Martin Herwig, mechanic.

Probable cause:

Controlled flight into terrain.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3mge on Mt Leitha

Date & Time: Apr 7, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Junkers JU.52

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1Z+KK

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5015

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1934

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En route to Arad, Romania, with a group of 15 others JU.52 registered to the 'Willerding Gruppe', the crew encountered very bad weather conditions in the area of Vienna. In limited visibility due to fog and snow falls, the airplane impacted the slope of Mt Leitha (484 metres high) located about 35 km southeast of Vienna. All three crew members were injured. On the group of 16 airplanes, five crashed in the same area and 11 others landed in Arad around 1500LT.
Crew:
Uffz Wilhelm Frank, pilot,
Uffz Georg Kelch, observer +1.

Probable cause:

Controlled flight into terrain.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3mg4e on Mt Leitha: 15 killed

Date & Time: Apr 7, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Junkers JU.52

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Registration:

1Z+CL

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Flight

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Military

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Mountains

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6245

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1939

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En route to Arad, Romania, with a group of 15 others JU.52 registered to the 'Willerding Gruppe', the crew encountered very bad weather conditions in the area of Vienna. In limited visibility due to fog and snow falls, the airplane impacted the slope of Mt Leitha (484 metres high) located about 35 km southeast of Vienna. The wreckage was found near Mannersdorf. All 15 occupants were killed. On the group of 16 airplanes, five crashed in the same area and 11 others landed in Arad around 1500LT.
Crew:
Fw Karl Merkle, pilot,
Uffz Hermann Hellmich, observer,
Uffz Willi Steinbach, radio operator,
Fw Kurt Schnabel, mechanic.

Probable cause:

Controlled flight into terrain.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3m on Mt Leitha: 9 killed

Date & Time: Apr 7, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Junkers JU.52

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Registration:

G6+KH

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6451

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1939

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En route to Arad, Romania, with a group of 15 others JU.52 registered to the 'Willerding Gruppe', the crew encountered very bad weather conditions in the area of Vienna. In limited visibility due to fog and snow falls, the airplane impacted the slope of Mt Leitha (484 metres high) located about 35 km southeast of Vienna. A crew member survived while nine other occupants were killed. On the group of 16 airplanes, five crashed in the same area and 11 others landed in Arad around 1500LT.
Crew:
Ofw Max Koenen, pilot, †
Gefr Walter Giesch, observer,
Ogfr Herbert Osterkamp, radio operator, †
Uffz Helmut Kling, Helmut, +mechanic, †
Uffz Wilhelm Bassen, mechanic. †

Probable cause:

Controlled flight into terrain.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3m in Romania: 1 killed

Date & Time: Mar 23, 1941

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Junkers JU.52

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5889

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1937

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The three engine airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in the south part of the Carpathian Mountain Range, in Romania. A crew member was killed and three others were injured.
Crew:
Uffz Kurt Kerwarth, pilot,
Uffz Heinz Morgenstern, radio operator, †
Fw Ludwig Bär, mechanic,
Uffz Alfred Dann, bomb aimer.

Crash of a Junkers JU.,52/mte near Pec pod Sněžkou: 3 killed

Date & Time: Mar 1, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Junkers JU.52

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DE+IH

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MSN:

6670

YOM:

1940

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Pec pod Sněžkou

Hradec Králové Region (Královéhradecký kraj)

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Czech Republic

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Europe

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The airplane was completing a mail flight on behalf of the Kurierstaffel 110 when it crashed in hilly terrain near Petzer (now Pec pod Sněžkou). Three crew members were killed and a fourth was injured.
Crew:
Fw Hilbig, pilot, †
Gefr Ernst Beins, radio operator, †
Fw Herman Schulze1, radio operator, †
Uffz Otto Fritsche, mechanic.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3mge in Palma de Mallorca

Date & Time: Mar 1, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Junkers JU.52

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Registration:

EC-AAJ

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

Survivors:

Yes

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Barcelona - Palma de Mallorca

MSN:

4073

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1935

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The three engine airplane named 'Guadalquivir' crashed upon landing at Palma de Mallorca Airport for unknown reasons and was damaged beyond repair. All nine occupants evacuated safely.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/mge in Vienna: 7 killed

Date & Time: Feb 20, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Junkers JU.52

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Registration:

D-ANYF

Flight Phase:

Flight

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Military

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Plain, Valley

MSN:

4071

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1935

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Vienna

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Austria

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Europe

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Crashed in unknown circumstances in Vienna-Kirchstätten. All seven occupants were killed.
Crew:
Lt Robert Daum, pilot,
Lt Gerold Junghans,
Lt Ewald Leopold,
Lt Herbert Behla,
Ofw Stephan,
Gefr Hassiger, radio operator,
Gefr Walberg, radio operator.

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