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Crash of a Junkers JU.52/mge off Store Heddinge: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jul 14, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
DK+QY
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
4039
YOM:
1934
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
For unknown reasons, the pilot was forced to make an emergency landing when the airplane crashed into the sea off Store Heddinge. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Hans Thalec, radio operator,
Ofw Martin Spoigel, pilot,
Uffz Heinz Ruthenberg,
Uffz Helmut Wirth,
Gefr Viktor Lochner.