Date & Time:
Jan 19, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Junkers JU.52
Operator:
Registration:
DI+XL
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
7612
YOM:
1942
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
2
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane was shot down by a Soviet fighter and crashed 10 km west of Gumrak Airport, Stalingrad. Two crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
Obfw Lambert Mäder, pilot,
Fw Anton Kapfhammer, observer, †
Fw Heinz Hollmann, radio operator,
Ogfr Rudolf Asholt. †
Crew:
Obfw Lambert Mäder, pilot,
Fw Anton Kapfhammer, observer, †
Fw Heinz Hollmann, radio operator,
Ogfr Rudolf Asholt. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a Soviet fighter.
