Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3m in Väylä
Date & Time:
Oct 23, 1944
Registration:
7U+GK
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Nautsi – Kaamanen
MSN:
6844
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The three engine aircraft left Nautsi Airport, Murmansk Oblast, at 0805LT on a flight to Kaamanen. En route, it was shot down by the pilot of a Soviet Air Force fighter and crashed in a wooded area located in Luppovaara, near Väylä. All three occupants were rescued while the aircraft was destroyed.
Crew (2./TGr.20):
Ofw Franz Blume,
Fw Georg Zeissler,
Fw Helmut Born.
Source & photo:
http://ktsorens.tihlde.org/flyvrak/toulbujarvi.html
Crew (2./TGr.20):
Ofw Franz Blume,
Fw Georg Zeissler,
Fw Helmut Born.
Source & photo:
http://ktsorens.tihlde.org/flyvrak/toulbujarvi.html
Probable cause:
Shot down by the pilot of a Soviet Air Force fighter.