Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-5 off Selsey: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 10, 1941 at 0012 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
V4+KT
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
3217
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The bomber failed to return from operation to Brighton and crashed in the sea some three miles off Selsey. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw Paul Schuckleis, pilot,
Oblt Otto Weickhardt, observer,
Fw Heinz Jütte, radio operator,
Ofw Karl Rogoss, mechanic.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-5 into the North Sea: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 9, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
V4+CP
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
2232
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The bomber failed to return from operations to Nottingham. Lost without trace, probably it crashed somewhere in the North Sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Wilhelm Reisch, pilot,
Uffz Oskar Kern, observer,
Gefr Fritz Aderholt, radio operator,
Flgr Walter Pichelmeier, air gunner.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-5 near Gradbach: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 8, 1941 at 0100 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
F1+AD
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
MSN:
6213
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
Following a bombing mission over Liverpool, the airplane was returning to base when it was shot down by the crew of a Defiant and crashed near Gradbach. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Maj Dietrich Heistermann Von Ziehlberg, pilot,
Oblt Walter Lemke, observer,
Obfw Rudolf Schwalbe, radio operator,
Fw Georg Mahl, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-5 near Lennoxtown: 2 killed

Date & Time: May 6, 1941 at 0200 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
M2+CK
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Dinard - Dinard
MSN:
0662
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Dinard Airport to attack the docks in Glasgow. While flying north of Glasgow at an altitude between 10,000 and 12,000 feet, it was shot down by the crew of a Defiant and crashed in Blairskaith Muir, southwest of Lennoxtown. Two crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Oblt Werner Coenen, pilot, †
Cpt Gerd Hansmann, observer, †
Ofw Ernst Langanki, radio operator,
Fw Willi Müller, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a British fighter.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-5 off Crail: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 6, 1941 at 0151 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
F6+DK
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
0332
Location:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The bomber was approaching the British coast when it was shot down by enemy fire and crashed into the sea northeast of Crail. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Ofw K. Fischer, pilot,
Oblt H. Stefan, observer,
Uffz H. J. Nattkemper, radio operator,
Uffz A. Dietel, mechanic.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-5 in Mablethorpe: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 5, 1941 at 0225 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
M2+EK
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
5201
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
While on an operation to Hartlepool, the bomber was shot down by the crew of a Beaufighter and crashed in Mablethorpe. All four crew members were killed.
crew:
Uffz Hans Krämer, pilot,
Oblt Werner Pyrkosch, observer,
Fw Paul Barabas, radio operator,
Uffz Heinrich Stinhans, mechanic.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88 in Idle: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 5, 1941 at 0045 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
M2+DK
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
MSN:
0656
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The bomber was shot down by the crew of a Beaufighter and crashed at High Street in Idle. All four crew members were rescued and became PoW while four people on the ground were killed.
Crew:
Oblt Ernst Jurgens, pilot,
Oblt Reinhold Metzger, observer,
Obfw Hans Beeck, wireless operator,
Fw Heinrich Janichen, air gunner.
Those killed on the ground were:
Mr. Herbert Jowett,
Miss Elsa Primrose Green,
Mrs. Sarah Boyd,
Mr. John Arthur Boyd, died from injuries sustained on June 10.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a British fighter.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-5 off Stromboli: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 4, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
4D+CT
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
4240
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The bomber crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea some 300 metres west of Stromboli, off Sicily. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Albrecht Irion, pilot,
Gefr Paul Wulf, bomb aimer,
Uffz Paul Schledermann, radio operator,
Gefr Gerhard Urban, air gunner.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-5 in Welney

Date & Time: May 4, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
3Z+CL
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
4269
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
Following a raid over Liverpool, the airplane suffered a double engine failure. The crew abandoned the airplane and bailed out. The airplane crashed in a pasture in Welney and was destroyed while all four crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Probable cause:
Double engine failure in flight.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-6 in Lostock Gralam: 2 killed

Date & Time: May 3, 1941 at 2345 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
B3+EC
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
3381
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The bomber was shot down by the crew of a Defiant and crashed in Lostock Gralam. Two crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Lt Johann Glanzinger, pilot, †
Uffz H. Stettweir, observer,
Uffz Gerhard Harmgart, radio operator, †
Fw H. Richter, mechanic.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a British fighter.