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| Date: | Monday 16 September 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88A-1 |
| Owner/operator: | I./KG 54 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | B3+HH |
| MSN: | 7087 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Withybrook -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The plane hit a balloon cable and crashed. Two crew members died in the crash, two POW.
Hptmn Henke and Uffz Rattay killed; Fw Baur and Fw Perleberg baled out and both taken POW.
Sources:
https://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?128753-Ju-88-crash-at-Withybrook-on-16-09-1940
http://www.aviationarchaeology.org.uk/marg/crashes1940.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Mar-2016 11:48 | gerard57 | Added |
| 30-Nov-2019 16:18 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 04-Jan-2020 20:18 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
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