Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-4 in Wadi El Natrun
Date & Time:
Sep 5, 1942 at 0400 LT
Operator:
Registration:
3Z+HP
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Tymbáki - Tymbáki
MSN:
0077
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Tymbáki, Crete, on an operation to LG100. Approaching Cairo at night, it was shot down by a British fighter and crashed in Wadi El Natrun. All four crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Obfw Gustav Kasdorf, pilot,
Obfw Hans Strohmaier, observer,
Obfw Walter Regener, radio operator,
Fw Erich Kempe, air gunner.
Crew:
Obfw Gustav Kasdorf, pilot,
Obfw Hans Strohmaier, observer,
Obfw Walter Regener, radio operator,
Fw Erich Kempe, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a British fighter.
