Crash of a Junkers JU.88D-1 off Great Yarmouth: 4 killed
Date & Time:
Jan 28, 1943 at 1529 LT
Registration:
F6+ML
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Amsterdam - Amsterdam
MSN:
430521
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Amsterdam-Schiphol on an operation to England. Approaching the English coast, it was shot down by a British fighter and crashed into the sea some 6 km southeast of Great Yarmouth. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Horst Schwarze, pilot,
Uffz Walter Pilz, observer,
Uffz Paul Wagner, radio operator,
Uffz Karl Herbinger, air gunner.
Crew:
Uffz Horst Schwarze, pilot,
Uffz Walter Pilz, observer,
Uffz Paul Wagner, radio operator,
Uffz Karl Herbinger, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a British fighter.