Crash of a Junkers JU.88D-1 off Kildin Island: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 18, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
G2+FH
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
430577
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
Shot down by an enemy Bell P-39 Airacobra and crashed into the sea off Kildin Island. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw Rudolf Schmitz, pilot,
Fw Joachim Löbel, observer,
Uffz Wilhelm Petersen, radio operator,
Uffz Franz Neubauer, mechanic.
Probable cause:
Shot down by an enemy fire.

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

Date & Time: May 14, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
140265
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
Crashed in unknown circumstances in Sardinia. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Franz Distel, pilot,
Uffz Reinhold Allgeier, observer,
Uffz Friedrich Renzel, radio operator,
Ogefr Horst Pannkuche, air gunner.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88D-1 off the Isle of Planier

Date & Time: May 12, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
430422
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane suffered an engine failure in flight and was ditched of the Isle of Planier, 16 km southwest of Marseille. All four crew members were rescued and the airplane sank and was lost.
Probable cause:
Engine failure in flight.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88D-1 near Murmansk: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 8, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
4N+GH
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
430347
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
Shot down by an enemy fighter and crashed near Murmansk. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Oblt Günter Burschberg, pilot,
Oblt. Reinhold Pütz, observer,
Ofw Wilhelm Braun, radio operator,
Ofw Günter Krüger, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by an enemy fighter.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-14 in Winfrith Newburgh: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 7, 1943 at 2325 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
3E+EL
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Beauvais - Beauvais
MSN:
144078
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Beauvais-Tillé Airport on an operation to Portsmouth. It crashed in unknown circumstances in Winfrith Newburgh, killing all four crew members.
Crew:
Uffz Paul Czommer, pilot,
Uffz Karl Hundertmark, observer,
Ogefr Paul Kral, radio operator,
Ogefr Karl Lauterjung, air gunner.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88D-1 off Terschelling: 4 killed

Date & Time: Apr 29, 1943 at 1618 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
F6+KL
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Amsterdam - Amsterdam
MSN:
430621
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport on a reconnaissance mission. It was shot down by a British fighter and crashed into the sea 20 km west of Terschelling. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz R. Wolf, pilot,
Lt G. Listing, observer,
Uffz F. Weiner, radio operator,
Uffz R. Becker, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a British fighter.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88D-1 near Murmansk: 4 killed

Date & Time: Apr 29, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
4N+PH
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
430289
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
Engaged in a battle, the airplane was shot down by a P-39 and crashed in the Kola Peninsula, in the region of Murmansk. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw Gerhard Kuhnert, pilot,
Cpt Edmund Rössing, observer,
Uffz Walter Weiss, radio operator,
Uffz Helmut Boger, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by an enemy fighter.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-14 off Worthing: 4 killed

Date & Time: Apr 28, 1943 at 2250 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
3E+DT
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Creil - Creil
MSN:
144068
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Creil on an operation to England. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea some 50 km south of Worthing. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw H. Baumbach, pilot,
Lt A. Kratzer, observer,
Uffz H. Hart, radio operator,
Gefr J. Netsch, mechanic.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88D-5 in Reykjavik: 3 killed

Date & Time: Apr 24, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
A6+CH
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Trondheim - Trondheim
MSN:
430087
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
While on a reconnaissance mission out from Trondheim, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in Reykjavik and was destroyed. Three crew members were killed and one parachuted to safety and became PoW.
Crew:
Lt Karl-Martin Bröck, pilot, †
Fw Werner V .G. Bullerjahn, †
Fw Theodor Scholtysek, †
Uffz Anton Mynarek.

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

Date & Time: Apr 23, 1943 at 1135 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
JK-274
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
371001001
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Tutow Airfield on a delivery flight to Finland. Passing over Latvia, it suffered an engine failure and crashed in a wooded area located 1,5 km southwest of the village of Pabaži (coordinates 57° 13' 28.11" N - 24° 23' 23.59" E). All four occupants were killed. The airplane was part of a contingent of 24 Junkers JU.88 recently purchased by the Finnish Air Force to Germany.
Crew:
Sgt Urho Jääskeläinen, pilot,
Lt Lauri Suhonen, observer,
Sgt Aimo Valkeeniemi, radio operator.
Passenger:
Cpl Erkki Horma.
Probable cause:
Engine failure in flight.