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Ju88 crash landing 7.4.1941 near Goruia and Gârliste, Romania
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Ju88A Edelweißgeschwader 51, took off from Wiener Neustadt for a bombing raid to Belgrade in the evening of 6 April 1941. They reached their target in the morning of the 7th, released bombs and were hit by Flak with left motor destroyed. Gunner Feldwebel Otto Erich Richtsteiger was severely wounded and died after the plane crash landed. The pilot turned East to reach own lines , entered Romanian airspace and managed to crash-land the airplane on a field near the Romanian villages of Goruia – Gârliste. Pictures can be found here http://www.banater-berglanddeutsche....ext/bbd138.pdf please scroll to page 5 |