ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 205254
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| Date: | Wednesday 15 July 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju-88D-1 |
| Owner/operator: | Wekusta 5 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 1B+BH |
| MSN: | 430265 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Cap Wien, Jan Mayen Island -
 Norway
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Vaernes near Trondheim |
"The wreck was first discovered in 1950 by a British scientist, T.F. Neales. The then unidentified members of the crew were buried at the Narvik War Cemetery as "unknown fliers". The graves were finally identified in the 1980s and marked with the names: Oblt Köhler, Wd Insp Beuck, Ofw Bunge and Fw Gerhahn. The aircraft and crew belonged to Wekusta 5 based at Vaernes from where the mission was started in the morning of 15 July 1942, reported missing after a fruitless search by other aircraft of the Staffel."
Sources:
Dr Franz Selinger´s Book: 'Von "Nanok" bis "Eismitte" Meteorologische Unternehmungen in der Arktis 1940-1945' (Convent Verlag, Hamburg, 2001).
http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/01055.php
http://www.olemartin.no/janmayen/aug-sep.html
http://barba.no/project/ww2-airplan-wreck-jan-mayen/
http://www.warcovers.dk/greenland/wekusta_member.htm
Images:
Media:
Junkers JU88 wreck on Jan Mayen Island, crashed the 15 July 1942.https://t.co/l9BmV8jvo1https://t.co/ae8UtsdnXW pic.twitter.com/meHM7IvNTT
— Planes Of Legend (@PlanesOfLegend) 28 janvier 2018
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Jan-2018 21:41 | Iceman 29 | Added |
| 28-Jan-2018 21:53 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Operator, Location, Embed code, Narrative, Photo, ] |
| 18-Dec-2019 18:35 | nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 21-Dec-2019 15:49 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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