Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-5 off RAF Boulmer: 4 killed
Date & Time:
Apr 10, 1941 at 1915 LT
Operator:
Registration:
F6+NL
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Amsterdam - Amsterdam
MSN:
0529
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport on an operation to England. While approaching the British coast, it was shot down by the pilot of a Spitfire and crashed into the sea off RAF Boulmer. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Rolf Bröse, pilot,
Uffz Ernst Helmer, observer,
Fw Karl Düx, radio operator,
Fw Otto Gröbke, mechanic.
Crew:
Lt Rolf Bröse, pilot,
Uffz Ernst Helmer, observer,
Fw Karl Düx, radio operator,
Fw Otto Gröbke, mechanic.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a British fighter.
