Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-5 off Kummerow: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Jun 30, 1943 at 1540 LT
Operator:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Rerik - Rerik
MSN:
735
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a test flight out from Rerik Airfield. En route, the airplane suffered an engine failure and crashed into the Kummerower Lake off Kummerow. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Ofw Willi Behrendt, pilot,
Ofw Walter Hoffmann, radio operator,
Ofw Karl Döscher, mechanic.
Crew:
Ofw Willi Behrendt, pilot,
Ofw Walter Hoffmann, radio operator,
Ofw Karl Döscher, mechanic.
Probable cause:
Engine failure in flight.
