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.

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Deutsche Lufthansa: Der Kranich in Turbulenzen, 1939-1945 / Hans W Neulen

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