Crash of a Junkers JU.88C-4 in Hay Green
Date & Time:
Mar 10, 1941 at 2330 LT
Operator:
Registration:
R4+CH
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Gilze-Rijen - Gilze-Rijen
MSN:
0343
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
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.
Crew:
Oblt Kurt Hermann, pilot,
Uffz Engelbert Böttner, radio operator,
Fw wilhelm Rüppel, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by ground fire.
