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1941

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The airplane was flying near a German convoy when it was shot down by a Soviet fighter and crashed into the sea some 45 km east of Gamvik. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Hermann Greinert, pilot,
Lt Werner Siefmund , observer,
Uffz Hans Birkner, radio operator,
Ogefr Ferdinand Schmidt, mechanic,
Uffz Karl Baber, air gunner.

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Shot down by a Soviet fighter.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-4 on Akkansuolo Island: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 28, 1943

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4D+EK

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Plain, Valley

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142400

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Collided in midair with a second Luftwaffe JU.88 and crashed on Akkansuolo Island, north of Lakselv. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Obfw Johannes Lehmann, pilot,
Uffz Helmut Diebold, observer,
Fw Erwin Malsch, radio operator,
Uffz Kurt Hieronimus, air gunner.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-4 on Akkansuolo Island: 3 killed

Date & Time: May 28, 1943

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Plain, Valley

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Collided in midair with a second Luftwaffe JU.88 registered 4D+EK and crashed on Akkansuolo Island, north of Lakselv. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw Hermann Jacobs, pilot,
Fw Heinz Weisgel, radio operator,
Fw Kurt Dammerau, air gunner.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-4 near Lakselv: 4 killed

Date & Time: May 22, 1943

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4D+ML

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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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142249

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Crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea north of Banak Airport. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Fridolin Grosspeintner, pilot,
Uffz Erwin Kretschel, observer,
Uffz Friedrich Fritz, radio operator,
Ogefr Gerhard Hanel, air gunner.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden into the Tanafjord: 4 killed

Date & Time: Apr 10, 1943

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Severomorsk-1 - Severomorsk-1

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While on a combat mission, the airplane was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the Tanafjord. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Nikolay Mikhailovich Vatagin, pilot,
Sgt Nikolay Gerasimovich Rolenko, navigator,
Sgt Alexander Alekseevich Mironov, radio operator,
Sgt Pavel Anatolievich Meksin, air gunner.

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Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88D-1 off Vardø: 4 killed

Date & Time: Mar 29, 1943

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G2+LH

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Crashed in unknown circumstances into the Persfjorden near Vardø. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Bernhard Meixner, pilot,
Lt Max Menzel, observer,
Ogefr Georg Beck, radio operator,
Ogefr Engelbert Beck, air gunner.

Crash of a Junkers JU.52/3mge in Geaidnogáisá

Date & Time: Feb 24, 1943 at 1052 LT

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Junkers JU.52

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Kemi – Banak

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6032

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1938

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En route to Lakselv-Banak Airport, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with heavy snow falls. The airplane impacted the summit of Geaidnogáisá, lost its engines and crash landed in snow. All nine occupants were seriously injured and rescued.
Crew (4./KGr.z.b.V 108):
Uffz Hans F. Strasser, pilot,
Fw Ernst Bayer, mechanic,
Fw Alfred Brüning, radio operator,
Uffz Ernst Mohr, air gunner.
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Hptm Rüstemeyer,
F/O Steinle,
Uffz Drössler,
Ogfr Haase,
Mech Kunze.
Source & photos:
http://ktsorens.tihlde.org/flyvrak/geaidnogaisa.html

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Controlled flight into terrain.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88D-1 off Mehamn

Date & Time: Feb 17, 1943

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4N+EH

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Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden

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The airplane was shot down by enemy fire (SS Andre Martin) and ditched into the sea off Mehamn, Nordkinnhalvøya Peninsula. All four crew members were rescued.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden off Vardø: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jan 31, 1943

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