Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3mg4e on Mt Leitha: 1 killed

Date & Time: Apr 7, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Junkers JU.52
Operator:
Registration:
1Z+JK
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Mountains
MSN:
6270
YOM:
1939
Location:
Mt Leitha
Lower Austria
Country:
Austria
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
9
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
En route to Arad, Romania, with a group of 15 others JU.52 registered to the 'Willerding Gruppe', the crew encountered very bad weather conditions in the area of Vienna. In limited visibility due to fog and snow falls, the airplane impacted the slope of Mt Leitha (484 metres high) located about 35 km southeast of Vienna. The wreckage was found near Mannersdorf. All 15 occupants were killed. On the group of 16 airplanes, five crashed in the same area and 11 others landed in Arad around 1500LT.
Crew:
Lt Hermann Auderer, pilot,
Ofw Otto Lüer, observer, †
Fw Willi Ebert, radio operator,
Ofw Hans Geisser, mechanic.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3m on Mt Leitha: 5 killed

Date & Time: Apr 7, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Junkers JU.52
Operator:
Registration:
1Z+LL
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Mountains
MSN:
6540
YOM:
1939
Location:
Mt Leitha
Lower Austria
Country:
Austria
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
12
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
En route to Arad, Romania, with a group of 15 others JU.52 registered to the 'Willerding Gruppe', the crew encountered very bad weather conditions in the area of Vienna. In limited visibility due to fog and snow falls, the airplane impacted the slope of Mt Leitha (484 metres high) located about 35 km southeast of Vienna. Five passengers were killed and 11 other occupants were injured. On the group of 16 airplanes, five crashed in the same area and 11 others landed in Arad around 1500LT.
Crew:
Fw Horst Bellman, pilot,
Uffz Siegfried Viereck, observer,
Uffz Paul Runge, radio operator,
Ofw Martin Herwig, mechanic.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3mge on Mt Leitha

Date & Time: Apr 7, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Junkers JU.52
Operator:
Registration:
1Z+KK
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Mountains
MSN:
5015
YOM:
1934
Location:
Mt Leitha
Lower Austria
Country:
Austria
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
En route to Arad, Romania, with a group of 15 others JU.52 registered to the 'Willerding Gruppe', the crew encountered very bad weather conditions in the area of Vienna. In limited visibility due to fog and snow falls, the airplane impacted the slope of Mt Leitha (484 metres high) located about 35 km southeast of Vienna. All three crew members were injured. On the group of 16 airplanes, five crashed in the same area and 11 others landed in Arad around 1500LT.
Crew:
Uffz Wilhelm Frank, pilot,
Uffz Georg Kelch, observer +1.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3mg4e on Mt Leitha: 15 killed

Date & Time: Apr 7, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Junkers JU.52
Operator:
Registration:
1Z+CL
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Mountains
MSN:
6245
YOM:
1939
Location:
Mt Leitha
Lower Austria
Country:
Austria
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
11
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
15
Circumstances:
En route to Arad, Romania, with a group of 15 others JU.52 registered to the 'Willerding Gruppe', the crew encountered very bad weather conditions in the area of Vienna. In limited visibility due to fog and snow falls, the airplane impacted the slope of Mt Leitha (484 metres high) located about 35 km southeast of Vienna. The wreckage was found near Mannersdorf. All 15 occupants were killed. On the group of 16 airplanes, five crashed in the same area and 11 others landed in Arad around 1500LT.
Crew:
Fw Karl Merkle, pilot,
Uffz Hermann Hellmich, observer,
Uffz Willi Steinbach, radio operator,
Fw Kurt Schnabel, mechanic.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3m on Mt Leitha: 9 killed

Date & Time: Apr 7, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Junkers JU.52
Operator:
Registration:
G6+KH
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Mountains
MSN:
6451
YOM:
1939
Location:
Mt Leitha
Lower Austria
Country:
Austria
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
5
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
9
Circumstances:
En route to Arad, Romania, with a group of 15 others JU.52 registered to the 'Willerding Gruppe', the crew encountered very bad weather conditions in the area of Vienna. In limited visibility due to fog and snow falls, the airplane impacted the slope of Mt Leitha (484 metres high) located about 35 km southeast of Vienna. A crew member survived while nine other occupants were killed. On the group of 16 airplanes, five crashed in the same area and 11 others landed in Arad around 1500LT.
Crew:
Ofw Max Koenen, pilot, †
Gefr Walter Giesch, observer,
Ogfr Herbert Osterkamp, radio operator, †
Uffz Helmut Kling, Helmut, +mechanic, †
Uffz Wilhelm Bassen, mechanic. †
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain.
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