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Crash of a Junkers JU.88C-6 in Quimper: 3 killed

Date & Time: Nov 26, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Quimper - Quimper
MSN:
0026
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a local training flight at Quimper Airfield when the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Arno von Heinburg, pilot,
Uffz Manfred Gesenberg, observer,
Obgfr Kurt Schwarz, radio operator.
Probable cause:
Pilot error.