ASN Aircraft accident Junkers Ju-52/3mge D-ALUS Termes Ribi, Commune de Roubion
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Date:Friday 24 February 1939
Type:Silhouette image of generic JU52 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Junkers Ju-52/3mge
Operator:Reichsluftfahrtministerium - RLM
Registration: D-ALUS
MSN: 5210
First flight:
Crew:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Passengers:Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Total:Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Aircraft fate: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:Termes Ribi, Commune de Roubion (   France)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:International Scheduled Passenger
Departure airport:?
Destination airport:Genoa-Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA/LIMJ), Italy
Narrative:
The airplane operated on a flight from the Balearic Islands to Berlin via Genoa and Rome, flying home pilots of the Condor Legion who had fought in Spain.
The Ju-52 flew into the side of a mountain during a snowstorm. The wreckage was located on March 4, 1939.

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Sources:
» The Observer, 5 March 1939
» World Airliner Crashes/Terry Denham
» El Tiempo 5-3-1939
» El Litoral 25-2-1939


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