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The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in Thaya. Two crew members were killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
Ogefr Egon Herb, pilot, †
Ogefr Harry Günter Endrunat, pilot, †
Ogefr Georg Kirschbaum, observer.

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

Date & Time: Apr 7, 1941

Type of aircraft:

Junkers JU.52

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1Z+JK

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6270

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1939

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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

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1Z+LL

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6540

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1939

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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

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1Z+KK

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5015

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1934

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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

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1Z+CL

Flight Phase:

Flight

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Military

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Mountains

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6245

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1939

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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

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G6+KH

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6451

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1939

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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.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3mte in Vienna

Date & Time: Dec 2, 1938 at 2356 LT

Type of aircraft:

Junkers JU.52

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Registration:

D-ANOY

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

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Yes

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Berlin – Vienna – Athens – Baghdad

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5663

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1937

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On final approach to Vienna-Schwechat Airport at night, the aircraft impacted the ground, lost its undercarriage and slid for few dozen metres before coming to rest, bursting into flames. All eight occupants escaped uninjured while the aircraft was destroyed.

Probable cause:

Poor judgement on part of the flying crew who continued the approach at a too low altitude.

Crash of a Dornier DO.17 in Wiener Neustadt: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 27, 1938 at 0945 LT

Type of aircraft:

Dornier DO.17

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53+D11

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

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Training

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Wiener Neustadt - Wiener Neustadt

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Shortly after takeoff from Wiener Neustadt Airport, while climbing, the aircraft suffered an engine failure. It stalled and crashed 400 metres north of the airfield, bursting into flames. All three crew members were killed.

Probable cause:

Engine failure after takeoff.

Crash of a Dornier Do

Date & Time: Aug 23, 1938

Type of aircraft:

Dornier DO.17

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Flight

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Training

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Mountains

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Wiener Neustadt - Wiener Neustadt

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The twin engine airplane departed Wiener Neustadt Airport on a training sortie. En route, it collided with the slope of Mt Ötscher and was destroyed. All three crew members were killed.

Probable cause:

Controlled flight into terrain.

Crash of an Udet U12 Flamingo in Wiener Neustadt: 1 killed

Date & Time: Sep 3, 1936

Type of aircraft:

Udet U12 Flamingo

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OE-TEL

Flight Phase:

Flight

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Training

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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Wiener Neustadt - Wiener Neustadt

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012

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Crashed in unknown circumstances near Wiener Neustadt Airport while performing a local training flight. The pilot Otto Eiblhuber, sole on board, was killed.

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