Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3mg4e in Fürstenwalde: 21 killed

Date & Time: Apr 22, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
TA+BX
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Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
6660
YOM:
1939
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Region:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
18
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
21
Circumstances:
While on an ambulance flight on behalf of the 'Sanitätsflugbereitschaft 3 Smolensk', the three engine airplane collided with a German Air Force Junkers JU.87. Both airplanes crashed in Fürstenwalde, killing all 21 occupants on board the JU.52.
Crew:
Ofw Alfred Jurga, pilot,
Fw Wilhem Potysch, radio operator,
Uffz Paul Halle, mechanic.