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The crew started the descent to Paris-Le Bourget when he encountered an unexpected situation. The captain decided to attempt an emergency landing and the aircraft crash landed in a field located few km from the airport. All 15 occupants were rescued while the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3m in Prague: 10 killed

Date & Time: Mar 5, 1946

Type of aircraft:

Junkers JU.52

Operator:

Registration:

OK-ZDN

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Schedule:

Paris – Strasbourg – Prague

Location:

Prague

Prague (Hlavní mesto Praha)

Country:

Czech Republic

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Europe

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Following an uneventful flight from Paris via Strasbourg, the crew started the descent to Prague but encountered poor weather conditions. Due to low visibility, the first approach was abandoned and a go around was performed. A second attempt to land was abandoned as well, still for the same reason. During the third attempt, the three engine aircraft was too low and hit the ground short of runway threshold. Eight passengers and two crew members were killed while five other occupants were seriously injured.

Probable cause:

It is believed that the crew continued the third approach at an insufficient altitude, probably in order to establish a visual contact with the ground.

Crash of a Boeing B-17G-5-BO Flying Fortress in Stallarholmen: 6 killed

Date & Time: Dec 4, 1945

Type of aircraft:

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

Operator:

Registration:

SE-BAM

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Ferry

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Site:

Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Prague – Stockholm

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The flight was scheduled from Prague to Stockholm-Bromma direct but while approaching the Swedish coast, the crew was forced to divert to Göteborg Airport due to poor weather conditions. All passengers disembarked in Göteborg and the crew continued to Bromma. On approach, the aircraft was too low and hit a wooded hill located in Stallarholmen, about 40 km west of the airfield. The aircraft was destroyed and all six crewmen were killed.

Crash of a Consolidated B-24J Liberator VI in Blackbushe: 23 killed

Date & Time: Oct 5, 1945 at 1245 LT

Type of aircraft:

Consolidated B-24 Liberator

Operator:

Registration:

KG867

Flight Phase:

Takeoff (climb)

Flight Type:

Humanitarian

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Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Schedule:

Blackbushe – Prague

MSN:

963

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Shortly after takeoff from Blackbushe, while in initial climb, the engine number two caught fire. The aircraft stalled and crashed in a huge explosion in a field located 2 miles from the airport. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire and all 23 occupants were killed. All of them were Czech citizens being repatriated to their country at the war's end, among them 5 kids.
Crew (311th Squadron):
P/O Jaroslav Kudlácek, pilot,
W/O Antonin Broz, copilot,
P/O Karel Rybnícek, navigator,
F/Sgt Zdenak Sedlák, flight engineer,
F/O Bohumil Vaverka.
Passengers:
Ruzena Lichtensteinová,
Marta Obrazová,
Marina Paulinyová
Michal Richter,
Anna Rosenblumová,
Jiři Rosenblum,
Antonie Šafranek,
Eva ŠafrankovÁ,
Otto Schwarz,
Ladíslav Spbeslavsky,
Margita Sobeslavská,
Marenka Sobeslavská,
Ota Trinks,
Irma Trinksová,
Helena Wodaková,
Greta Žaldová,
Helena Žaldová.
Source:
https://fcafa.wordpress.com/2011/08/04/blackbushe-5-october-1945/

Probable cause:

It was determined that a flexible fuel pipe ruptured in the engine number two, causing the fluid to spill into the nacelle and to ignite in contact with some elements of the engine that were

Crash of a Junkers JU.352 Herkules in Börnersdorf: 8 killed

Date & Time: Apr 21, 1945 at 0600 LT

Type of aircraft:

Junkers JU.352 Herkules

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Berlin – Prague

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At 0600LT, while overflying Saxony, the three engine aircraft crashed in flames in a wooded area located in Börnersdorf. A crew member was rescued while eight others were killed. The aircraft was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3m in Steinreich: 18 killed

Date & Time: Apr 20, 1945

Type of aircraft:

Junkers JU.52

Operator:

Registration:

D-ANAJ

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Berlin – Prague – Vienna – Munich

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The three engine aircraft left Berlin-Tempelhof in the evening on a flight to Munich with intermediate stops in Prague and Vienna. While cruising about 60 km south of Berlin, the aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a Soviet fighter and crashed in flames in a field located in Steinreich. Two passengers were seriously injured while 18 other occupants were killed, among them the German filmmaker Hans Steinhoff. This was the last flight for Lufthansa from Berlin before the end of the WWII.

Probable cause:

Shot down by the pilot of a Soviet fighter.

Crash of a Farman F.305 in Prague

Date & Time: Dec 7, 1934

Type of aircraft:

Farman F.305

Operator:

Registration:

F-ALEF

Flight Phase:

Landing (descent or approach)

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Airport (less than 10 km from airport)

Schedule:

Paris – Lyon – Prague

MSN:

7241.1

YOM:

1931

Location:

Prague

Prague (Hlavní mesto Praha)

Country:

Czech Republic

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Europe

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Upon touchdown at Prague Airport, the aircraft went out of control, veered off runway and came to rest. The airplane was damaged beyond repair and all occupants evacuated safely.

Crash of an Aero A.23 in Miletín

Date & Time: Mar 26, 1930

Type of aircraft:

Aero A.23

Operator:

Registration:

L-BAAA

Flight Phase:

Flight

Flight Type:

Scheduled Revenue Flight

Survivors:

Yes

Site:

Plain, Valley

Schedule:

Brno – Prague

MSN:

YOM:

1926

Location:

Miletín

Hradec Králové Region (Královéhradecký kraj)

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Czech Republic

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Europe

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En route from Brno to Prague, the pilot encountered poor weather conditions and low visibility due to fog. He followed a circuit for a half an hour and eventually attempted an emergency landing in an open field. All six occupants evacuated safely and the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.