Junkers JU.88

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4D+?B

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Eindhoven - Eindhoven

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0214

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Following aerial combat, the crew was returning to his base in Eindhoven when the airplane crashed on approach. A crew was killed and three others were injured.
Crew:
Fw M. Borchard, pilot,
Lt H. Riedel, observer, †
Fw Gelhaar, radio operator,
Gefr F. Tatzberg, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Mar 14, 1941

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M7+KH

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Plain, Valley

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8200

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The airplane was engaged in an mission to Liverpool when it was shot down by the pilot of a Beaufighter and crashed in Beachy Head. All four crew members were killed.
crew:
Fw Siegfried Helbig, pilot,
Fw Johann Hafner, radio operator,
Gefr Lothar Rüdiger, observer,
Uffz Karl Hilke, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a British fighter.

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

Date & Time: Mar 14, 1941

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M2+JL

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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2234

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While approaching the British coast, the airplane was shot down by the pilot of a Spitfire and crashed off Coquet Island. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Oblt Hildebrand Voigtländer-Tetzner, pilot,
Lt Rudolf Dietze, observer,
Agefr Walter Wesserer, radio operator,
Ogefr Hans Vandanne, mechanic.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a British fighter.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88 at Gilze-Rijen AFB: 4 killed

Date & Time: Mar 13, 1941 at 0414 LT

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Landing (descent or approach)

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4D+??

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Gilze-Rijen - Gilze-Rijen

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0205

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On final approach to Gilze-Rijen AFB at night, the bomber crashed apparently due to a pilot error. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Ofw H. Koch, pilot,
Lt H. Koennecke, observer,
Fw E. Schwind, radio operator,
Ogfr P. Nikolaus, air gunner.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-1 at Lechfeld AFB: 3 killed

Date & Time: Mar 11, 1941 at 1750 LT

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B3+NX

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Training

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Lechfeld - Lechfeld

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6087

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The crew was completing a local training flight at Lechfeld AFB. While flying in the vicinity of the airbase, it went out of control and crashed in a field. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Hans Spohn, pilot,
Gefr Fritz Harr, radio operator,
Ogfr Heinz Rosska, air gunner.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88C-4 in Hay Green

Date & Time: Mar 10, 1941 at 2330 LT

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R4+CH

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Gilze-Rijen - Gilze-Rijen

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0343

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The airplane departed Gilze-Rijen AFB on an operation to England. At night, it was shot down by ground fire and crash landed near Hay Green. All three crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Oblt Kurt Hermann, pilot,
Uffz Engelbert Böttner, radio operator,
Fw wilhelm Rüppel, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by ground fire.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-5 near Schwerin

Date & Time: Mar 4, 1941

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4D+?K

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Gilze-Rijen - Gilze-Rijen

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4213

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Schwerin-Parchim

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

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Germany

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Europe

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The airplane departed Gilze-Rijen AFB on an operational sortie. For unknown reasons, the crew decided to abandon the aircraft and bailed out over Eindhoven. Nevertheless, the airplane continued to the northeast for more than 400 km then entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in the region of Schwerin. All four crew members were uninjured and the airplane was destroyed.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88C-4 at Gilze-Rijen AFB: 3 killed

Date & Time: Feb 24, 1941 at 0015 LT

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Landing (descent or approach)

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R4+?L

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Gilze-Rijen - Gilze-Rijen

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0544

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The bomber crashed on a night approach to Gilze-Rijen AFB. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw J. Schuster, pilot,
Uffz F. Fuchs, radio operator,
Gefr K. Hasepohl, air gunner.

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

Date & Time: Feb 21, 1941 at 0510 LT

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