Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3m in Stara Pazova: 5 killed
Date & Time:
Apr 17, 1944
Operator:
Registration:
D-AOCA
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
E17
MSN:
640996
Flight number:
Vienna – Belgrade – Sofia – Thessaloniki – Athens
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
4
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
Few minutes after its take off from Belgrade-Zemun Airfield, while climbing, the aircraft was attacked by an allied fighter. The three engine aircraft was hit in the rear and the starboard and then caught fire. Out of control, it crashed in a field located in Stara Pazova, some 25 km north of Belgrade. Two crew members were seriously injured while all five other occupants were killed.
Probable cause:
Shot down by allied fighter.
