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Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3mg5e near Solheim: 6 killed

Date & Time: Nov 13, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
7U+FH
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Aalborg – Tromsö
MSN:
6978
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
2
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
En route, the three-engine aircraft hit the slope of a mountain located some 15 km east of Solheim. The wreckage was found on December 18, 1942. No one survived the crash.
Crew (1./KGr.zbV108):
ObLt Werner Hoffman, pilot,
Fwb Wilhelm Steinhauer, radio operator,
Uffw Günther Uhlig
Fwb Adam Eschborn, flight engineer.
Passengers:
FwTreuwart Teichgräber,
Fw Ewald Brackmann.
Source & photos:
http://ktsorens.tihlde.org/flyvrak/tangedalskaret.html