Date & Time:
Apr 23, 1943 at 1135 LT
Type of aircraft:
Junkers JU.88
Operator:
Registration:
JK-274
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Delivery
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
371001001
Country:
Latvia
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
3
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
1
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Tutow Airfield on a delivery flight to Finland. Passing over Latvia, it suffered an engine failure and crashed in a wooded area located 1,5 km southwest of the village of Pabaži (coordinates 57° 13' 28.11" N - 24° 23' 23.59" E). All four occupants were killed. The airplane was part of a contingent of 24 Junkers JU.88 recently purchased by the Finnish Air Force to Germany.
Crew:
Sgt Urho Jääskeläinen, pilot,
Lt Lauri Suhonen, observer,
Sgt Aimo Valkeeniemi, radio operator.
Passenger:
Cpl Erkki Horma.
Crew:
Sgt Urho Jääskeläinen, pilot,
Lt Lauri Suhonen, observer,
Sgt Aimo Valkeeniemi, radio operator.
Passenger:
Cpl Erkki Horma.
Probable cause:
Engine failure in flight.
