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Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-5 in Argentan: 4 killed

Date & Time: Mar 21, 1941
Type of aircraft:
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Registration:
M7+FL
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Survivors:
No
MSN:
7210
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Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The crew got lost and following a fuel exhaustion, the airplane crashed in Argentan. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw Hans Buse, pilot,
Ogefr Max Ortlieb, radio operator,
Lt Karl Scholl, observer,
Uffz Kurt Mönnich, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Fuel exhaustion.