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) |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative: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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