ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 175575
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| Date: | Thursday 5 October 1944 |
| Time: | 13:20 LT |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88 G-6 |
| Owner/operator: | Stab/NJG 3 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 751081 |
| MSN: | D5+AA |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Nordborchen, Borchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Stade airfield, Niedersachsen |
| Paderborn airfield, Nordrhein-Westfalen |
The aircraft had taken off at 12:46 for a non-operational flight. The pilot, Oberstleutnant Helmut Lent was on his way to visit the Geschwaderkommodore of the Nachtjagdgeschwader 1, Oberstleutnant Hans-Joachim Jabs, to discuss operational matters.
It was a perfect day for flying, with good visibility, a little scattered cloud and a slight wind from the east.
During the approach to the destination airfield the port engine failed. The airplane struck electricity wires and crashed, followed by an impact fire.
All four members of the crew sustained serious injuries but were rescued alive. Kubisch and Klöss succumbed to their injuries on the same day, Kark on the next morning, and Lent himself died two days later on 7 October, 1944.
Flugzeugführer - Oberstleutnant Helmut Lent - Kommodore NJG 3 and Luftwaffe Experte
Bordfunker - Oberfeldwebel Walter Kubisch
Passagier - Leutnant Werner Kark - member of a Propagandakompanie (Wehrmacht Propaganda Troops)
Passagier - Oberleutnant Hermann Klöss
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmut_Lent
http://www.spurensuche-owl.de/front_content.php?idart=73
Obermaier page 23; Hinchliffe, Bio
book 'The Lent Papers'
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Apr-2015 18:56 | gerard57 | Added |
| 01-Jun-2019 17:37 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 01-Jun-2019 17:40 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
| 02-Feb-2020 23:24 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 29-Mar-2020 21:47 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator] |
| 29-Mar-2020 21:48 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
| 29-Mar-2020 21:51 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source] |
| 17-Sep-2021 01:07 | angels one five | Updated [Phase, Narrative] |
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