Svalbard

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7150

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1942

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Crashed in unknown circumstances in the Svalbard Archipelago. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Cpt Friedrich Willheim Lüwer, pilot,
Uffz Paul Krappmann, observer,
Uffz Willi Post, radio operator,
Fw Josef Willems, air gunner.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-4 in Svalbard: 4 killed

Date & Time: Sep 14, 1942

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1T+OT

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1774

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Shot down by enemy fire. All four crew members killed.
Crew:
Obfw Günther Haase, pilot,
Uffz Heinz Reisbitzen, observer,
Uffz Hans Gutzend, radio operator,
Obfw Fritz Heinisch, air gunner.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-4 in Svalbard: 4 killed

Date & Time: Sep 14, 1942

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1T+FS

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4589

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Shot down by enemy fire, killing all four crew members.
Crew:
Fw Max Rybaczyk, pilot,
Gefr Gerhardt Lampert, observer,
Ogefr Willi Knoop, radio operator,
Gefr Paul Kakuschke, air gunner.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-4 in Svalbard: 4 killed

Date & Time: Sep 14, 1942

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1T+LT

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140083

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Shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Svalbard. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Lt Reinhold Harnack, pilot,
Gefr Alfred Ullrich, observer,
Gefr Hermann Keil, radio operator,
Ogefr Karl Schmitt, air gunner.

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Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-4 in Kapp Borthen

Date & Time: Sep 14, 1942

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4D+GS

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The airplane belly landed on a beach in Kapp Borthen, southwest part of the Svalbard archipelago. All four crew members escaped unhurt.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-4 off Svalbard: 4 killed

Date & Time: Sep 13, 1942

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1T+KS

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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142018

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Shot down by enemy fire while engaged in an operation against the PQ 18 convoy and crashed into the sea off the Svalbard archipelago. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw Rufolf Hager, pilot,
Uffz Robert Grandjean, observer,
Uffz Mertin Maass, radio operator,
Gefr Werner Hornschuh, air gunner.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111H-6 off Svalbard

Date & Time: Sep 13, 1942

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Heinkel He.111

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1H+--

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Yes

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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7567

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1942

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The airplane was shot down by enemy fire while engaged in an operation against the PQ 18 convoy, and crashed into the sea south of Svalbard archipelago. All four crew members were rescued by a German U-boat but the U-boat never returned to base.
Crew:
Lt Arnold Harnau, pilot,
Uffz Werner Telgenwerth, observer,
Uffz Walter Kullick, radio operator,
Uffz Friedrich Trunner, mechanic.

Probable cause:

Shot down by enemy fire.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111H-6 off Svalbard: 4 killed

Date & Time: Sep 13, 1942

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Heinkel He.111

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1H+NK

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Lake, Sea, Ocean, River

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7076

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1942

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