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Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3mte near Tivissa: 7 killed

Date & Time: Aug 4, 1939
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
D-AUJG
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Cologne – Toulouse – Barcelona – Casablanca
MSN:
5942
YOM:
1938
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
4
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
En route from Barcelona to Casablanca, while cruising southwest of Tarragona, the three engine aircraft named 'Hans Wende' impacted the slope of a mountain located in the Sierra de Llaberia, near Tivissa. All seven occupants were killed.