Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3m in Muddusjärvi: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Oct 21, 1944
Operator:
Registration:
7U+OK
Survivors:
No
MSN:
6816
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
En route over Lapland, the three engine aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a Soviet Air Force fighter and crashed in a lake located in Muddusjärvi, some 15 km north of Inari. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Gef Erich Adams,
Ofw Alfed Böhm,
Ogfr Alf Schuhmacher.
Crew:
Gef Erich Adams,
Ofw Alfed Böhm,
Ogfr Alf Schuhmacher.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the pilot of a Soviet Air Force fighter.
