Date: | Monday 21 February 1944 |
Time: | 17:10 |
Type: | Junkers Ju-52/3m |
Owner/operator: | Deutsche Lufthansa |
Registration: | D-AWAS |
MSN: | 6561 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 16 / Occupants: 16 |
Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | off Euboea -
Greece
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
Departure airport: | Thessaloniki Airport (SKG/LGTS) |
Destination airport: | Athens-Hassani Airport (ATH/LGAT) |
Narrative:The Junkers Ju-52/3m named "Joachim Blankenburg" crashed into sea off Greece. The wreckage was never found.
The airplane departed Thessaloniki at 16:20, bound for Athens, Greece. After 41 minutes the radio operated reported that the flight was returning to Thessaloniki.
At 17:06 the flight reported having descended to 30 meters over sea with engine problems. A Pan-call was issued and nothing more was heard from the flight.
Sources:
The Hugo Junkers Homepage
Deutsche Lufthansa: Der Kranich in Turbulenzen, 1939-1945 / Hans W Neulen
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