Status: | |
Date: | Monday 17 April 1944 |
Type: | Junkers Ju-52/3m |
Operator: | Deutsche Lufthansa |
Registration: | D-AOCA |
MSN: | 640996 |
First flight: | |
Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
Passengers: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
Total: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
Location: | near Belgrade ( Serbia)
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Phase: | En route (ENR) |
Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
Departure airport: | Beograd-Zemun Airfeld, Serbia |
Destination airport: | Sofia-Vrazhdebna Airport (SOF/LBSF), Bulgaria |
Narrative:In an allied fighter sweep in the region of the Yugoslav capital Belgrade, two Ju-52 transport planes were shot down.
A Ju-52 registered D-AOCA, was operating on Lufthansas scheduled service E.17 from Vienna to Belgrade, Sofia, Thessaloniki and Athens. Hits were received from the rear and from starboard and the plane caught fire immediately. It crashed at Alt-Pasua (Stare Pazova) about 26 km north of Semlin (Zemun) airfield.
Classification:
Shot down by aircraft
Loss of control
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Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does
not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Beograd-Zemun Airfeld to Sofia-Vrazhdebna Airport as the crow flies is 335 km (209 miles).
Accident location: Approximate; accuracy within a few kilometers.
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.