Date & Time:
Jun 4, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Junkers JU.88
Operator:
Registration:
1H-??
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Leeuwarden - Leeuwarden
MSN:
4583
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
4
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a training flight out from Leeuwarden. While flying at low height, the airplane impacted the water surface and crashed in the Waddenzee off Ameland Island. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Hans Lux, pilot,
Ofw Alfred Wilberg, radio operator,
Gefr Oswald Gärtner, mechanic,
Ogfr Herbert Kupferschmitt, air gunner.
Crew:
Lt Hans Lux, pilot,
Ofw Alfred Wilberg, radio operator,
Gefr Oswald Gärtner, mechanic,
Ogfr Herbert Kupferschmitt, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Pilot error.
