Crash of a Junkers JU.88D-1 off Lavansaari: 1 killed

Date & Time: Apr 21, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
B7+OA
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
1579
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane was shot down by the Soviet Flak and crash landed in the frozen Gulf of Finland, some 10 km southwest of Lavansaari, on Moshchny Island. A crew was killed and three other survived
Crew:
Lt. Werner Storz, pilot,
RR Wilhelm Dünnweber, meteorologist,
Uffz Georg Hahn, flight engineer, †
Uffz Hein Esswein, radio operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the Soviet Flak.