Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3mg6e near Brenner: 5 killed

Date & Time: Nov 3, 1942
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Operator:
Registration:
BR+IN
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Survivors:
No
Site:
MSN:
3045
YOM:
1941
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Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane crashed in a mountainous area located 10 km south of Brenner, on Mt Calino or Galino. All five crew members were killed. It is believed that the airplane collided in midair with a second Luftwaffe JU.52 (msn 5101).
Crew:
Uffz Franz Wonka, pilot,
Oblt Richard Obermeyer, observer,
Uffz Kurt Herger, radio operator,
Uffz Friedrich Kloss, mechanic,
Uffz Josef Grafetstetter, air gunner.