Crash of a Junkers JU.88C-2 in Deeping St James: 2 killed
Date & Time:
Jun 22, 1941 at 0125 LT
Operator:
Registration:
R4+JH
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Gilze-Rijen - Gilze-Rijen
MSN:
0827
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Gilze-Rijen AFB at 0015LT on an operation over Lincolnshire. At night, it was shot down by a Beaufighter and crashed in Deeping St James. Two crew members were killed and a third became PoW.
Crew:
Obfw Otto Wiese, pilot, †
Uffz Heinrich Beul, radio operator,
Gefr Hermann Mandel, mechanic. †
Crew:
Obfw Otto Wiese, pilot, †
Uffz Heinrich Beul, radio operator,
Gefr Hermann Mandel, mechanic. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a British fighter.
