ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50216
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| Date: | Sunday 27 August 1944 |
| Time: | 01:00 LT |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88 A-4 |
| Owner/operator: | 8./KG 54 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 301531 |
| MSN: | B3+BS |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Biltseweg 12, Bosch en Duin, Utrecht -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Soesterberg / Eindhoven |
On approach to Soesterberg airfield, the aircraft crashed, possibly due to night fighter attack.
The Junkers was on a Feindflug (operational sortie) to Normandie, France.
Crew:
Flugzeugführer Ogfr. H. Krafczyk 73177/256 Luftwaffe Ysselsteyn cemetery; BG-5-115 - initially buried Hilversum
Beobachter Ogfr. J. Apel 73177/253 Luftwaffe Ysselsteyn cemetery; BG-5-116 - initially buried Hilversum
Bordfunker Ogfr. F. Falk 73177/255 Luftwaffe Ysselsteyn cemetery; BG-5-117 - initially buried Hilversum
Bordschütze Ogfr. H. Dietrich 73177/257 Luftwaffe Ysselsteyn cemetery; BG-5-118 - initially buried Hilversum
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3957&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=26316
Images:
Wehrpass of Obergefreiter Apel, via H. van Gelder (permitted).
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Jan-2018 18:05 | gerard57 | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Jan-2018 18:06 | gerard57 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 16-Sep-2018 12:51 | Ronny68 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 22-Jul-2019 09:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Dec-2019 16:22 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 29-Dec-2021 13:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Photo] |
| 17-Jun-2022 09:27 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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