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Crash of a Junkers JU.52/mg6e in Langendiebach

Date & Time: Aug 22, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
BJ+YQ
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
3016
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a night towing mission when the pilot got blinded by the light installed at the drop point. The airplane crashed near Langendiebach Airfield, bursting into flames. All three crew members were injured.
Crew:
Uffz Eberhard Müller, pilot,
Gefr Alfred Bodnardsky, radio operator,
Gefr Martin Pohl, mechanic.
Probable cause:
Loss of control after the pilot got blinded by light.