ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 195890
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| Date: | Thursday 4 June 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88 A-4 |
| Owner/operator: | III./KG 26 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 4583 |
| MSN: | 1H+?? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Waddenzee, 1 km S of Ameland, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Leeuwarden airfield |
The aircraft struck the water while engaged in a low-level training flight.
The crew was buried at Leeuwarden until 1958, when they were re-interred into Ysselsteyn cemetery in Limburg:
Flugzeugführer / Lt. H. Lux Luftwaffe / grave AR-6-150
Bordfunker / Ofw. A. Wilberg Luftwaffe / grave AR-7-151
Bordmechaniker / Gfr. O. Gärtner Luftwaffe / grave AR-6-148
Bordschütze / Ogfr. H. Kupferschmitt Luftwaffe / grave AR-6-149
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1576
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=57142
'Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd' for airfield
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jun-2017 10:35 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 09-Dec-2019 10:52 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 27-Apr-2020 12:23 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Apr-2020 12:24 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2022 04:15 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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