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Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-4 off Svalbard: 4 killed

Date & Time: Sep 13, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Junkers JU.88
Operator:
Registration:
1T+KS
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
142018
Location:
Svalbard
Svalbard
Country:
Norway
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
Shot down by enemy fire while engaged in an operation against the PQ 18 convoy and crashed into the sea off the Svalbard archipelago. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw Rufolf Hager, pilot,
Uffz Robert Grandjean, observer,
Uffz Mertin Maass, radio operator,
Gefr Werner Hornschuh, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111H-6 off Svalbard

Date & Time: Sep 13, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Heinkel He.111
Operator:
Registration:
1H+--
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
7567
YOM:
1942
Location:
Svalbard
Svalbard
Country:
Norway
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane was shot down by enemy fire while engaged in an operation against the PQ 18 convoy, and crashed into the sea south of Svalbard archipelago. All four crew members were rescued by a German U-boat but the U-boat never returned to base.
Crew:
Lt Arnold Harnau, pilot,
Uffz Werner Telgenwerth, observer,
Uffz Walter Kullick, radio operator,
Uffz Friedrich Trunner, mechanic.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111H-6 off Svalbard: 4 killed

Date & Time: Sep 13, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Heinkel He.111
Operator:
Registration:
1H+NK
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
7076
YOM:
1942
Location:
Svalbard
Svalbard
Country:
Norway
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane was shot down by enemy fire while engaged in an operation against the PQ 18 convoy and crashed into the sea off Svalbard archipelago. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Heermann Hiller, pilot,
Oblt Alfred Thöm, observer,
Uffz Willi Drescher, radio operator,
Gefr Willi Haverts, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111H-6 off Svalbard

Date & Time: Sep 13, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Heinkel He.111
Operator:
Registration:
1H+DH
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
4727
Location:
Svalbard
Svalbard
Country:
Norway
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Svalbard archipelago and was lost. All four crew members were rescued.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111H-6 off Svalbard

Date & Time: Sep 13, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Heinkel He.111
Operator:
Registration:
1H+BK
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
MSN:
4535
Location:
Svalbard
Svalbard
Country:
Norway
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane crashed into the sea south of Svalbard archipelago. All four crew members were rescued.
Crew:
Lt Johann Ruby, pilot,
Uffz Max Schlott, observer,
Fw Albert Bee, radio operator,
Gefr Johann Fritz, air gunner.
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