Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-1 in Kings Somborne: 4 killed
Date & Time:
Aug 21, 1940 at 1415 LT
Operator:
Registration:
B3+?H
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Évreux - Évreux
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Évreux to attack the Supermarine Aviation factory in Woolston. It was shot down by a British fighter and crashed in Kings Somborne. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Oblt Birkenstock,
Obgfr Freude,
Uffz Schulze,
Gfr Becker.
Crew:
Oblt Birkenstock,
Obgfr Freude,
Uffz Schulze,
Gfr Becker.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a British fighter.
