ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52977
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| Date: | Tuesday 17 February 1942 |
| Time: | 01:40 |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88 C-6 |
| Owner/operator: | Erg.St./NJG 2 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 360153 |
| MSN: | R4+LR |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | off the Geersbroekseweg road, mun. Alphen-Chaam, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gilze-Rijen airfield |
Feindflug (operational sortie).
The aircraft crashed due to icing on the wings causing failure of the landing flaps. All three occupants died in the crash with impact explosion. The deceased are buried at Ysselsteyn Cemetery in Venray, the Netherlands. They were initially buried at Breda, Noord-Brabant:
Flugzeugführer Oberleutnant A. Molenaar - AZ-6-146
Beobachter Oberfeldwebel A. Scheibel - AZ-6-145
Bordfunker Feldwebel J. Jost - AZ-6-145
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=360153&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
https://www.bhic.nl/ontdekken/verhalen/neergestorte-vliegtuigen-in-ginneken-en-bavel-1940-1945
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1420
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=57364
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 15-Dec-2015 08:29 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Feb-2017 08:37 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Location, Phase, Source] |
| 16-Sep-2018 10:02 | Ronny68 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 26-Jan-2019 09:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jan-2019 09:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn] |
| 11-Dec-2019 19:38 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 09-Jul-2020 12:57 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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