Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3mg4e near Bodø: 5 killed

Date & Time: May 22, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
7U+IK
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Oslo – Bodø
MSN:
2863
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The crew departed Oslo-Fornebu Airport at 0655LT bound for Bodø. While approaching, the three engine aircraft hit the slope of Mt Fugløy located some 25 km southwest of Bodø. All five crew members were killed.
Crew (2./KG.zbV.108):
Lt Gerhard Kleiner,
Obgfr Gerhard Mathes,
Uffz Erwin Burchardt,
Obgfr Fritz Eilers.
Passenger:
Fw Friedrich Jurkat.
Source & photos: https://ktsorens.tihlde.org/flyvrak/fugloy.html

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3mg4e in Reipå: 16 killed

Date & Time: Apr 22, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
P4+HH
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Trondheim – Pechenga
MSN:
6804
YOM:
1940
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
12
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
16
Circumstances:
The three engine aircraft was completing a flight from Trondheim to Pechenga, in the Murmansk oblast. En route, while cruising in foggy conditions, the aircraft hit the wooded slope of Mt Breitind located near Reipå, some 50 km southwest of Bodø. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and all 16 occupants were killed.
Crew:
Fw Willi Habekost,
Uffz Werner Grünwald,
Uffz Leonhard Voss,
Uffz Rudolf Bollemann.
Passengers:
Bernhard Almeroth,
Friedrich Klingenfuss,
Uffz Johannes Schleucher,
Uffz Erich Dumberg,
Ogfr Peter Hochstätter,
Ogfr Konrad Hutzler,
Ogfr Manfred Hähnel,
Ogfr Otto Nebgen,
Ogfr Friedrich Pröhl,
Gefr Johann Plaotz,
Gefr Wilhelm Gocke,
Ofw Emil Smolka.
Sources & photo: http://ktsorens.tihlde.org/flyvrak/breitind.html

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3mg8e near Radunka: 4 killed

Date & Time: Mar 24, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
BJ+ET
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
3184
YOM:
1942
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances between the villages of Oklad and Radunka, about 30 km south of Porkhov. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw Moest, pilot,
Gefr Schäfer, radio operator,
Gefr Jareschinski, mechanic,
Uffz Herbert Steckian, air gunner.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3m4ge in Oslo: 6 killed

Date & Time: Mar 23, 1942 at 0825 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
VB+VE
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
6837
YOM:
1940
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from Oslo-Fornebu Airport, while climbing, the pilot initiated a sharp turn when he lost control of the airplane that crashed in Høvik, less than 2 km west of the airfield. All six occupants were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Alfred Kratoschwill, pilot,
Lt Gerhard Buchner, observer,
Obfw Heinz Schönbeck, radio operator,
Uffz Gerhard Lehmann, mechanic,
Gefr Arno Baumann, air gunner.
Passenger:
Oblt Gerhard Holdt.
Probable cause:
Pilot error.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/mge in Liubenets: 4 killed

Date & Time: Mar 20, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
DD+MF
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
4052
YOM:
1934
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The three engine airplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed near Liubenets, about 55 km southwest of Novogorod. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Maj Hans-Joachim Bittner +3.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3m on Mt Spitzmauer: 4 killed

Date & Time: Mar 20, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Wiener Neustadt – Munich
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
On a flight from Wiener Neustadt to Munich, the crew encountered foggy conditions when the three engine airplane impacted the slope of Mt Spitzmauer, in the Austrian Alps. The airplane disintegrated on impact and all four crew members were killed.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52mg8e in Biskupiczki: 15 killed

Date & Time: Mar 18, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
DG+SL
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
7298
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
11
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
15
Circumstances:
The airplane iced up in flight and subsequently crashed near Biskupiczki. All 15 occupants were killed.
Crew:
Fw Horst Winkler, pilot,
Uffz Paul Kranich, radio operator,
Fw Werner Meyer, mechanic,
Uffz Heinz Strenger, air gunner.
Passengers:
Ogfr Wilhelm Royla,
Gefr Norbert Sander,
Gefr Georg Herzhauser,
Gefr Berthold Leibold,
Gefr Karl Hardtmann,
Gefr Hermann Höss,
Ogfr Johann Söhla,
Ogfr Ludwig Hagenhoff,
Ogfr Johann Praxenthaler,
Gefr Eugen Fluck,
Gefr Rolf-Horst Schlegel.
Probable cause:
Icing.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3mge off Porto Alegre: 6 killed

Date & Time: Feb 28, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
PP-VAL
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
4058
YOM:
1934
Country:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
18
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from Porto Alegre Airport, while climbing, the three engine aircraft named 'Maua' stalled and crashed in the Guaíba Lagoon, off the airport. Fifteen people were rescued while six others, among them the pilot Harald Stunde and the flight engineer Bruno, were killed.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3mg4e near Wieściszowice: 12 killed

Date & Time: Feb 25, 1942 at 1640 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
9P+CP
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
MSN:
6697
YOM:
1940
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
9
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
12
Circumstances:
En route to Liegnitz, the crew encountered poor visibility due to thick fog. At an altitude of 800 metres, the three engine airplane impacted the slope of a hill and crashed near Rohnau (now Wieściszowice). All 12 occupants were killed.
Crew:
Obfw Hans Clausen, pilot,
Uffz Walter Mayer, radio operator,
Ogfr Carl Hellemann, mechanic.
Passengers:
Dr. Hans Wiehe,
Karl Bergner,
Wilhelm Czechowski,
Richard Scheurig,
Gerhard Balke,
Ogfr Johann Antos,
Gefr Wilhelm-Johann Lissmann,
Gefr Silvan-August Stroh,
Martin Pöhner.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain.

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

Date & Time: Feb 21, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
6089
YOM:
1938
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The three engine airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in Budapest and was destroyed. At least one crew member was injured, Ofw Otto Wolf, mechanic.