Crash of a Junkers JU.88C-2 in Dongen: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Apr 18, 1941 at 0220 LT
Operator:
Registration:
R4+BL
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Gilze-Rijen - Gilze-Rijen
MSN:
0732
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
Following a night takeoff from Gilze-Rijen AFB, while climbing, the bomber went out of control and crashed in Dongen, north of the airbase. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Willi Keller, pilot,
Gefr Gerhard Wawra, radio operator,
Uffz Helmut Heese, mechanic.
Crew:
Uffz Willi Keller, pilot,
Gefr Gerhard Wawra, radio operator,
Uffz Helmut Heese, mechanic.
