Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3mge off Keri Island: 9 killed
Date & Time:
Jun 14, 1940 at 1500 LT
Operator:
Registration:
OH-ALL
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Tallinn – Helsinki
MSN:
5494
YOM:
1936
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
6
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
9
Circumstances:
Few minutes after take off from Tallinn-Ülemiste Airport, while overflying the Gulf of Finland, the three engine aircraft named 'Kaleva' was shot down by the pilots of two Soviet Air Force Tupolev SB-2. Out of control, the aircraft crashed into the sea off the Keri Island. All nine occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
Shot down by two Soviet fighters.
