Ju88 4D+IP 6./KG30 crashed Sweden 28 August 1942

[Stig Jarlevik]

An interesting aircraft.

The crew was well and truly lost. Most likely it was the same aircraft which was reported flying in a westerly direction as far south as Boden just before midnight. The aircraft must then have changed direction and probably going into Finnish airspace before again going west towards the Swedish border.
The place of the crash is only some 22km from the border river.

Would be very interesting to find out where the crew actually bailed out. My bet is they did so over Finland. Crossing the river is nothing you do by swimming, and the bridges were probably a bit fewer back then and well guarded. Also a stolen vessel would have been reported and noted down on the Swedish side.

The name Georg Schütz comes from a briefcase, with his name on it, found in the wreck which contained a diary and some documents inside. Wonder where that diary is now....
Anyway, I have never seen it established that Schütz actually was the pilot in question. Can this be proven?

The remains were kept locked inside the Swedish Aircraft Test Center (Försökscentralen) in Linköping until scrapped.

Cheers
Stig