Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3mg83 in Wiener Neustadt: 3 killed

Date & Time: Feb 11, 1942 at 2110 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
PD+KP
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Wiener Neustadt - Wiener Neustadt
MSN:
3206
YOM:
1942
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a local training flight at Wiener Neustadt Airport. While on approach at night, the pilot was completing a last turn when he lost control of the airplane that stalled and crashed near the airfield. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Franz Heimgärtner, pilot,
Gefr Werner Bachmann, student pilot,
Fw Friedrich Ketterl, mechanic.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3mg4e at Radom AFB: 7 killed

Date & Time: Feb 11, 1942 at 1912 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
7U+IB
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Radom - Radom
MSN:
2854
YOM:
1937
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Radom AFB on a local training flight on behalf of the 7th Blind Flying School. Shortly after takeoff, it crashed for unknown reasons two km south of the airfield. All seven occupants were killed.
Crew:
Gefr Ernst Merheim, pilot,
Gefr Josef Tröste, radio operator,
Gefr Herbert Köhnke, mechanic,
Gefr Wilhelm Scheffler, student pilot,
Gefr Karl Weidl, student pilot,
Uffz Erich Köper, student pilot,
Uffz Johann Zimmermann, student pilot.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/mg6e near Minsk: 7 killed

Date & Time: Feb 10, 1942 at 1030 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
KQ+CM
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Warsaw - Minsk
MSN:
3115
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The three engine airplane departed Warsaw on a flight to Minsk, carrying three passengers and four crew members. While approaching the destination, it crashed in unknown circumstances, killing all seven occupants.
Crew:
Fw Fritz Eisenlohr, pilot,
Fw Erwin Kemmler, radio operator,
Uffz Alfred Ernst, mechanic,
Obgfr Otto Wesse, air gunner.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3mge near Smolensk: 5 killed

Date & Time: Feb 8, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
G6+GV
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Yukhnov - Smolensk
MSN:
5486
YOM:
1935
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Juchnow (Yukhnov) on a flight to Smolensk with a crew of five on board. It crashed in unknown circumstances somewhere these two cities. All five crew members were killed. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Ofw Arthur Scheich, pilot,
Oblt Oskar von Bonin, observer,
Uffz Albert Brühl, observer,
Fw Hans Kröz, radio operator,
Fw Hugo Runge, mechanic.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3mge in Russia: 5 killed

Date & Time: Feb 5, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
D-ANEN
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Rzhev - Mostovaya
MSN:
5072
YOM:
1934
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
En route from Rzhev, Tver oblast, to Mostovaya, near Leningrad, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Obfw Wilhelm Hünzing, pilot,
Fw Willi Heick, radio operator,
Oblt Johannes Haas, observer,
Uffz Hermann Stephan, mechanic,
Gefr Rudolf Nauch, air gunner.

Crash of a Junkers JU.523mfe in Russia: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jan 31, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
NG+VR
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
4030
YOM:
1933
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in the 'east front', west Russia. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Friedrich Carius, pilot,
Lt Herbert Haren, observer,
Ogefr Herbert Redemann, radio operator,
Ogefr Walter Zorn, mechanic.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3mge in Tymbáki

Date & Time: Jan 13, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
5280
YOM:
1935
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane suffered an engine failure upon takeoff from Tymbáki Airport and crashed. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Oblt Wilhelm Widmeier, pilot,
Ogfr Günther Schussig, radio operator,
Fw Hubert Gajewski, mechanic,
Uffz Konlik, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Engine failure at takeoff.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/mg4e off Odessa: 9 killed

Date & Time: Jan 13, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
G6+GW
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Bucharest - Mykolaiv
MSN:
6857
YOM:
1940
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
4
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
9
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Bucharest on a flight to Mykolaiv. Approaching Odessa, the crew encountered poor weather conditions. Control was lost and the airplane crashed into the sea. All nine occupants were killed. In 2009, the wreckage was found by a depth of 23 metres off Odessa.
Crew:
Lt Horst Ringel, pilot,
Oblt Axel von Jena, observer,
Ofw Wilhelm Möller, radio operator,
Ofw Alfred Volkmann, mechanic,
Ofw Johann Wichert, mechanic.
Passengers:
Uffz Emil Krebs
Ogfr Karl Kroh,
Cpt Karl Mack,
Owm Zink.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3mg5e See near Bodø

Date & Time: Jan 4, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
DR+WP
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
6948
YOM:
1940
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
0
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew encountered very bad weather and the pilot made an emergency landing on an icy lake located in the region of Bodø. There were no fatalities but the airplane sank and was lost.
Probable cause:
Weather.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3mge in Klimbach: 3 killed

Date & Time: Dec 23, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
NN+MA
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
303
YOM:
1935
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in Klimbach, Bavaria. A crew member, Cpl Ludwig Piendel, and both passengers (two civilians) were killed.