Date & Time:
Oct 26, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Junkers JU.52
Operator:
Registration:
KF+QS
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Maleme - Tobruk
MSN:
3131
YOM:
1941
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
4
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
While on a flight from Maleme to Tobruk, the three engine airplane was shot down by a British fighter and crashed into the Mediterranean Sea. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Obfw Josef Meisenhälter, pilot,
Uffz Paul Dickmann, radio operator,
Fw Georg Burgis, mechanic,
Uffz Roman Brückl, air gunner.
Crew:
Obfw Josef Meisenhälter, pilot,
Uffz Paul Dickmann, radio operator,
Fw Georg Burgis, mechanic,
Uffz Roman Brückl, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a British fighter.
