Junkers JU.88

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Training

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1279

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The airplane was engaged in a bombing training exercise at Leeuwarden Airport when it crashed for unknown reasons. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw Emil Stürzel, pilot,
Uffz Otto Flohr, radio operator,
Oblt Johann Klatte, observer,
Uffz Werner Schlegel, mechanic.

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

Date & Time: Dec 9, 1941 at 1050 LT

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F6+CL

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While approaching the British coast, the bomber was shot down by a Hurricane and crashed into the sea some 10 miles off Seaham. All four crew members were killed.
Crew.
Lt Fritz Böhme, pilot,
Ofw Ludwig Volk, observer,
Ofw Friedrich Schackert, radio operator,
Fw Walter Lentfert, flight engineer.

Probable cause:

Shot down by a British fighter.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-4 in Cologne: 3 killed

Date & Time: Dec 9, 1941

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1380

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Cologne

North Rhine-Westphalia

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Germany

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Europe

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After takeoff from Cologne Airport, the airplane crashed for unknown reasons in Ostheim, a district of Cologne. Three crew members were killed and a fourth was injured.
Crew:
Uffz Xaver Schmid, pilot, †
Uffz Wilhelm Pennersass, observer, †
Gefr Paul Schneiderzick, radio operator,
Uffz Ferdinand Sinen, air gunner. †

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-4 into the North Sea

Date & Time: Dec 7, 1941

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1106

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The airplane suffered an engine failure and is believed to be ditched somewhere in the North Sea. All four crew members were rescued.

Probable cause:

Engine failure in flight.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-4 in the Bristol Channel: 4 killed

Date & Time: Dec 7, 1941

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M2+FK

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3606

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The airplane was engaged in an operation to England when it crashed in unknown circumstances in the Bristol Channel. Lost without trace.
Crew:
Uffz Martin Richter, pilot,
Oblt Günter Dollmann, observer,
Uffz Gustav Sieger, radio operator,
Ogefr Siegfried Primke, air gunner.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-4 near Benghazi

Date & Time: Dec 6, 1941

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8572

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The airplane was shot down by enemy fire and crash landed near Benghazi. There were no casualties among the crew.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-4 in Lucca: 3 killed

Date & Time: Dec 6, 1941

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

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2556

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Crashed for unknown reasons while taking off from Lucca. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw Karl Gruber, pilot,
Oblt Günther Krenzien, observer,
Uffz Fritz Hahn, radio operator.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-4 off Land's End: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 26, 1941

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M2+EK

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The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Land's End. All four crew members were killed.
Crew.
Lt Wilhelm Hempel, pilot,
Ogefr Egon Liessmann, radio operator,
Uffz Paul Kriessler, observer,
Uffz Ignaz Pirschel, air gunner.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-5 off Hartlepool: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 16, 1941 at 1200 LT

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S4+KH

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