ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 339018
| Date: | Sunday 17 December 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju-52 |
| Owner/operator: | Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | G6+DU |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 17 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | near Aldenhoven -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Paderborn Airport (PAD/EDLP) |
On 17 December 1944, the U.S. Army 554th AAA Battalion shot down a Ju-52 flying over their position carrying a load of enemy paratroopers. The transport plane crashed near the German town of Aldenhoven. Fifteen paratroopers, a pilot and a medic were killed.
Sources:
National WWII Museum New Orleans
Axis History Forum
Images:
photo (c) USAAF; Aldenhoven; December 1944
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