ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 175493
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| Date: | Wednesday 24 February 1943 |
| Time: | 06:00 |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88 A-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 5./KG 30 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 140474 |
| MSN: | 4D+MN |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | S'algar, MENORCA Balearic islands -
 Spain
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Comiso airfield, Sicily |
On the way back from a bomb raid on north africa get lost and run out of fuel, landing on the sea one mile east of s'algar, sud-east of Menorca island, crew rescued by fhisermen in the area pilot:Walter Faulhaber,navigator:Georg Pimmerlein, radio operator:Heinrich Kiener, Gunner:Heinz Esper.
The wreck lies in good conditons in 47mts deep, it was discovered in fall 2014, usualy visited by divers.
Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=542iW-70XJQ
LW Losses by Michael Balss
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Apr-2015 17:31 | jonboro | Added |
| 08-Sep-2015 15:07 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Phase, Damage] |
| 08-Sep-2015 15:08 | TB | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 20-Sep-2015 09:55 | jonboro | Updated [Departure airport, Damage, Narrative] |
| 03-Apr-2019 06:17 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source] |
| 09-Dec-2019 10:39 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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