Accident Junkers Ju 87 B-1 5499,
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Date:Wednesday 20 May 1942
Time:16:00
Type:Silhouette image of generic ju87 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Junkers Ju 87 B-1
Owner/operator:5./StG 77 Luftwaffe
Registration: 5499
MSN: S2+AN
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:5 km east of Maksymivka, Pervomaiskyi, Kharkiv Oblast -   Ukraine
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Charkow-Rogan
Destination airport:Feindflug - operational sortie
Narrative:
Direct hit from ground fire.

(FF) Stabsfeldwebel Kreb, Robert
(Bf) Unteroffizier Stöver, Herbert

Fourteen machines of the II. Gruppe took off at 15:15 hrs for an armed reconnaissance operation, among which were seven machines of the 5. Staffel. The latter attacked vehicles in the Maksymivka area. Between 15:45 - 16:05 hrs, the 14 Stukas bombed and machine-gunned the enemy.

Sources:

GQM (#6)
WASt-Gräberkartei
Erfolgsmeldung 569 (202) - contemporary combat report
Google Maps

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
28-Apr-2022 14:03 TigerTimon Added
28-Apr-2022 15:47 TigerTimon Updated [Location]
28-Apr-2022 19:18 TigerTimon Updated [Cn, Location, Source, Narrative]

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