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

Date & Time: Jun 17, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
6461
YOM:
1939
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
Crashed for unknown reasons shortly after takeoff from Mannheim Airport. A crew member was killed and three others were injured.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3mge off Keri Island: 9 killed

Date & Time: Jun 14, 1940 at 1500 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
OH-ALL
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Tallinn – Helsinki
MSN:
5494
YOM:
1936
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
6
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
9
Circumstances:
Few minutes after take off from Tallinn-Ülemiste Airport, while overflying the Gulf of Finland, the three engine aircraft named 'Kaleva' was shot down by the pilots of two Soviet Air Force Tupolev SB-2. Out of control, the aircraft crashed into the sea off the Keri Island. All nine occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
Shot down by two Soviet fighters.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3m in Reinoksbreen

Date & Time: Jun 8, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
K1+AL
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
MSN:
2828
YOM:
1937
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was involved in a supply mission to the German troops based in the region of Reinoksbreen. While cruising at an altitude of some 1,400 metres, the aircraft impacted a mountain slope and crashed. All three crew members were able to walk away and to reach an Austrian camp. The aircraft was destroyed.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3m in Charleville-Mézières: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 7, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
D-AKIM
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
5365
YOM:
1935
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
Crashed for unknown reasons shortly after takeoff from Charleville-Mézières Airport. All four crew members were killed.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3m in Koblenz

Date & Time: Jun 7, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
6266
YOM:
1939
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Crashed shortly after takeoff from Koblenz Airport. All three crew members survived.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3m in Riksgränsen: 9 killed

Date & Time: Jun 2, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
DC+SP
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
MSN:
6751
YOM:
1940
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
12
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
9
Circumstances:
The three engine aircraft was completing a flight from Trondheim to Sweden (undetermined airport). Just after crossing the border between Norway and Sweden, the aircraft was shot down by the Swedish Flak and crashed on a mountain slope above Riksgränsen. Eight occupants were killed while seven others were injured.
Crew (Transportstaffel 2./KGrzbV 106):
Uffz HansTöchler, †
Gefr Kramer, †
Fw Franz Reichard.
Passengers:
Ofw Haase, †
Uffz Gustav Mank,
Fw Walter Himmerich,
Ufw Hermann Bansen,
Hans Vorsteffel, †
Arno Wolf,
Werner Fischer, †
Franz Langfeld, †
Konrad Hof, †
Walter Schnitzer, †
Bodo Westkamp, †
Ogefr Adolf Koch.
Source and photos:
http://ktsorens.tihlde.org/flyvrak/riksgrensen.html
Probable cause:
Shot down by the Swedish Flak.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3m in Skotten: 8 killed

Date & Time: May 30, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Stavanger – Trondheim
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
4
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The crew departed Stavanger-Sola Airport in the early morning on a flight to Trondheim. En route, the three engine aircraft was shot down by the pilot of an RAF fighter and crashed in a wooded area located in Skotten seter, east of Ringebu. All eight occupants were killed.
Crew (Transportstaffel 2./KGrzbV 107):
Uffz Gerhard Werkmeister, pilot,
Johann Leikermoser, engineer,
Uffz Hermann Becker, radio operator,
Gefr Herbert Voigt, flight engineer.
Source and photos on http://ktsorens.tihlde.org/flyvrak/skotten.html
Probable cause:
Shot down by an RAF fighter.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3m near Evenesdal: 9 killed

Date & Time: May 26, 1940 at 1630 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
BA+HK
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
12
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
9
Circumstances:
While cruising east of Nordnes, the three engine aircraft was shot down by the pilot of an RAF Gloster Gladiator and crashed near Evenesdal. Six paratroopers bailed out before the aircraft crashed and became PoW. All three crew members and six passenger were killed.
Crew (Transportstaffel 3./KGr zbV 106 ):
Uffz Peter Endres, pilot,
Fw Anton Schairer, engineer,
Uffz Franz Herp, radio.
Passengers:
Gfr Walter Bellmann,
Ogfr Ernst Böttcher,
Jäg Werner Schemmel,
Gfr Wilhelm Geiger,
Jäg Harry Ludeke,
Fw Karl Linek +6.
Probable cause:
Shot down by an RAF fighter.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3m in Storfjellet: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 26, 1940 at 1618 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
MSN:
5636
YOM:
1937
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
12
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
While cruising east of Nordnes, the three engine aircraft was shot down by the pilot of an RAF Gloster Gladiator and crashed in the Storfjellet mountain range. Eleven paratroopers bailed out and became PoW while four other occupants, three crew members and one passenger were killed.
Crew (Transportstaffel 3./KGr zbV 106 ):
Lt Robert Eid, pilot,
Uffz Horst Sauer, radio navigator,
Fw Willy Hellmann, engineer.
Probable cause:
Shot down by an RAF fighter.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3m in Åmot: 15 killed

Date & Time: May 26, 1940 at 1255 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
6108
YOM:
1939
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
11
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
15
Circumstances:
The three engine aircraft was on its way to Narvik on a supply mission with paratroopers and containers on board. En route, the aircraft hit tree tops and crashed for unknown reason in the township of Åmot, Hedmark. All 15 occupants were killed.
Crew (Transportstaffel 1./KGrzbV 107):
Erich Röhrs, pilot,
Uffz Reinhold Nehmer,
Uffz Wilhelm Puttkamer,
Uffz Oskar Hipp.
Passengers:
Oblt Heinrich Eckleben,
Reg Inspektor Richard Rasch,
Fw Hans Niemeyer,
Ogfr Karl Klawitter,
Ogfr Herbert Pawellek,
Gfr Hermann Kleinert,
Objg Joachim Matz,
Jäg Artur Meyer III,
Jäg Max Pangel,
Jäg Bertholdt Schmidt,
Jäg Franz Ullmer.
Source and more photo on
http://ktsorens.tihlde.org/flyvrak/amot.html