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Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-5 on Mt Beahcegealháldi: 4 killed

Date & Time: Mar 23, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
4N+HH
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Kemi - Bardufoss
MSN:
0601
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
While on a transfer flight from Kemi to Bardufoss, the airplane crashed on Mt Beahcegealháldi located some 65 km east northeast of Skibotn. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Oskar Braun, pilot,
Oblt August Beuter, Observer,
Fw Herbert Hirsch, radio operator,
Uffz Heinz Höhner, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain.