ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 340123
| Date: | Monday 17 April 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju-52/3m |
| Owner/operator: | Deutsche Lufthansa |
| Registration: | D-AOCA |
| MSN: | 640996 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | UI |
| Location: | near Belgrade -
 Serbia
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Beograd-Zemun Airfeld |
| Sofia-Vrazhdebna Airport (SOF/LBSF) |
In an allied fighter sweep in the region of the Yugoslav capital Belgrade, two Ju-52 transport planes were shot down.
A Ju-52 registered D-AOCA, was operating on Lufthansas scheduled service E.17 from Vienna to Belgrade, Sofia, Thessaloniki and Athens. Hits were received from the rear and from starboard and the plane caught fire immediately. It crashed at Alt-Pasua (Stare Pazova) about 26 km north of Semlin (Zemun) airfield.
Sources:
The Hugo Junkers Homepage
Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum
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