Accident Junkers Ju 88 A-5 0317,
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Date:Wednesday 16 October 1940
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic ju88 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Junkers Ju 88 A-5
Owner/operator:4./KG 30 Luftwaffe
Registration: 0317
MSN: 4D+DM
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Much Hadham, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire -   United Kingdom
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Gilze-Rijen airfield, the Netherlands
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by AAA and crashed. All four crew members died in the crash:

Flugzeugführer Hptm Haß, Erich, + | Gruppenkommandeur II./KG 30
Bombenschütze Fw Suhr, Günther, +
Bordfunker Fw Kessels, Josef, +
Kr.Ber. Doppelfeld, Anton, (aka as Penfold)

Sources:

http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=54537
GQM (#2-3), (18.10.40, 43), (06.09.41, Ber., "d"); BoB T&N, page 687; Mason, page 449



Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
08-Sep-2019 08:49 gerard57 Added
09-Dec-2019 10:23 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
25-Sep-2020 12:58 TigerTimon Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
25-Sep-2020 13:01 TigerTimon Updated [Operator, Narrative]
03-Feb-2024 19:41 The Spook Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative]
04-Feb-2024 11:30 The Spook Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative]
04-Feb-2024 14:18 The Spook Updated [Narrative]

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