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Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3m in Väylä

Date & Time: Oct 23, 1944
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
7U+GK
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Nautsi – Kaamanen
MSN:
6844
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The three engine aircraft left Nautsi Airport, Murmansk Oblast, at 0805LT on a flight to Kaamanen. En route, it was shot down by the pilot of a Soviet Air Force fighter and crashed in a wooded area located in Luppovaara, near Väylä. All three occupants were rescued while the aircraft was destroyed.
Crew (2./TGr.20):
Ofw Franz Blume,
Fw Georg Zeissler,
Fw Helmut Born.
Source & photo:
http://ktsorens.tihlde.org/flyvrak/toulbujarvi.html
Probable cause:
Shot down by the pilot of a Soviet Air Force fighter.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3m in Tuolpujärvi

Date & Time: Oct 23, 1944
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
7U+HK
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Nautsi – Kaamanen
MSN:
6343
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The three engine aircraft left Nautsi Airport, Murmansk Oblast, at 0805LT on a flight to Kaamanen. En route, it was shot down by the pilot of a Soviet Air Force fighter and crashed in a wooded area located in Tuolpujärvi, southeast of Utsjoki. All five occupants were rescued while the aircraft was destroyed.
Crew (2./TGr.20):
Ofw Willi Enderle,
Uffz Werner Jagode,
Ogfr Wilhelm Tönnes.
PassengerS:
Uffz Hermann Keller,
Uffz Helmut Dietrich.
Source & photo:
http://ktsorens.tihlde.org/flyvrak/toulbujarvi.html
Probable cause:
Shot down by the pilot of a Soviet Air Force fighter.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3m in Luppovaara: 1 killed

Date & Time: Oct 23, 1944
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
7U+GM
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Nautsi – Kaamanen
MSN:
6399
Location:
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
7
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The three engine aircraft left Nautsi Airport, Murmansk Oblast, at 0805LT on a flight to Kaamanen. En route, it was shot down by the pilot of a Soviet Air Force fighter and crashed in a wooded area located in Luppovaara, near Väylä. Eight occupants were rescued while a passenger was killed.
Crew (2./TGr.20):
Fw Gustav Kunzmann,
Uffz Ludwig Rohnacker.
Passengers:
Ofw Fritz Hartwig,
Ofw Paul Kaufmann,
Ogfr Rudolf Gilga,
Ogfr Ludwig Stuhldrein,
Uffz Hans Bernd,
Stgfr Hermann Königs,
Stgfr Wladis Marmella.
Source & photo:
http://ktsorens.tihlde.org/flyvrak/toulbujarvi.html
Probable cause:
Shot down by the pilot of a Soviet Air Force fighter.