Zone
Lapland

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3m in Tuolpujärvi

Date & Time: Oct 23, 1944
Type of aircraft:
Junkers JU.52
Operator:
Registration:
7U+HK
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Nautsi – Kaamanen
MSN:
6343
Location:
Utsjoki
Lapland
Country:
Finland
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The three engine aircraft left Nautsi Airport, Murmansk Oblast, at 0805LT on a flight to Kaamanen. En route, it was shot down by the pilot of a Soviet Air Force fighter and crashed in a wooded area located in Tuolpujärvi, southeast of Utsjoki. All five occupants were rescued while the aircraft was destroyed.
Crew (2./TGr.20):
Ofw Willi Enderle,
Uffz Werner Jagode,
Ogfr Wilhelm Tönnes.
PassengerS:
Uffz Hermann Keller,
Uffz Helmut Dietrich.
Source & photo:
http://ktsorens.tihlde.org/flyvrak/toulbujarvi.html
Probable cause:
Shot down by the pilot of a Soviet Air Force fighter.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3mg4e near Utsjoki

Date & Time: Oct 19, 1944
Type of aircraft:
Junkers JU.52
Operator:
Registration:
7U+OM
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Banak - Kirkenes
MSN:
5596
Location:
Utsjoki
Lapland
Country:
Finland
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
En route, the three engine aircraft was attacked by the pilot of a Soviet Air Force Petlyakov Pe-3. The crew reduced his altitude and was able to attempt an emergency landing in a pasture. While all three occupants were slightly injured and rescued, the aircraft was damaged beyond repair and abandoned on site.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the pilot of a Soviet Petlyakov Pe-3.
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