ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 22399
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| Date: | Wednesday 21 August 1940 |
| Time: | 23:55 LT |
| Type: |  Junkers Ju 88A-1 |
| Owner/operator: | 9./KG 30 Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 4D+LT |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 40 miles east of Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Aalborg West, Aalborg, Denmark |
The engines on a Junkers Ju 88A from 9/KG30 overheated and caught fire, during a reconnaissance training flight to Edinburgh, it crashed into the sea in flames, 40 miles east of Berwick at 23.55. Two of the crew were killed and the other two were captured unhurt, after spending twelve hours in their rubber dinghy.
Fw P Meyn (missing, presumed killed)
Gfr W Lauer (missing,presumed killed)
Ogfr K Tutschek (POW)
Gfr F Becker (POW)
Sources:
1. https://ne-diary.genuki.uk/Inc/ISeq_07.html
2. http://www.aircrewremembered.com/KrackerDatabase/?s=2600&q=august%2C%2C
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Aug-2008 23:11 | Anon. | Added |
| 10-Jan-2012 07:53 | Uli Elch | Updated [Registration, Operator, Narrative] |
| 10-Jan-2012 09:05 | Uli Elch | Updated [Phase] |
| 22-May-2019 19:21 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-May-2019 19:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 09-Dec-2019 10:22 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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