Date & Time:
Jun 28, 1942 at 0825 LT
Type of aircraft:
Junkers JU.88
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Kursk - Kursk
MSN:
0220
Country:
Russia
Region:
Asia
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
3
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
Shortly after takeoff from Kursk Airport, the airplane was shot down by enemy fire and crashed 5 km from the airfield. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw Heinrich Herwig, pilot,
Gefr Heinz Kießling, radio operator,
Fw August Kofahl, air gunner.
Crew:
Fw Heinrich Herwig, pilot,
Gefr Heinz Kießling, radio operator,
Fw August Kofahl, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.
