Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-5 in Buchsee: 4 killed
Date & Time:
Dec 24, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
L1+HP
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Elefsis - Dessau
MSN:
5611
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Elefsis AFB near Athens on a ferry flight to Dessau. While cruising over Bavaria, the crew encountered foggy conditions when the airplane impacted hilly and wooded terrain near Buchsee. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Hermann Hain,
Uffz Heinz Bäcker,
Ogfr Kurt Haberland,
Gfr Hans Lukas.
Crew:
Lt Hermann Hain,
Uffz Heinz Bäcker,
Ogfr Kurt Haberland,
Gfr Hans Lukas.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain.
