ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202346
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| Date: | Monday 30 November 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88A-5 |
| Owner/operator: | 12./KG 30 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 4227 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Limfjorden, near Fliegerhorst Aalborg West -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | |
On 30 November 1942, the Ju 88A-5 WNr 4227 of 12./KG 30 took off from Aalborg for a training mission but did not return. It crashed in Limfjorden near Fliegerhorst Aalborg West probably due to engine failure and was a total loss. Three of the four crew were killed and the only survivor was wounded.
Crew:
Uffz Paul Thorand (pilot) KIFA
Gefr Walter Kliemesch (navigator) KIFA
Uffz Erich Stahn (flight engineer) KIFA
Gefr Erich Wagner (radio) WIFA
All three dead were laid to rest in Frederikshavn cemetery on 7 December. Wagner recovered but was still training in Denmark when he was killed in another crash on 26 February 1943.
Sources:
http://www.flensted.eu.com/g1942119.shtml
http://www.flensted.eu.com/g1943024.shtml
http://web.archive.org/web/20120320130812/http://www.rafandluftwaffe.info/luftwaffe1.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limfjord
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aalborg_Air_Base (called Fliegerhorst Aalborg West by the Germans during WWII)
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=57.092789&lon=9.849164&z=11&m=b
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Nov-2017 10:54 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
| 09-Dec-2019 10:39 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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