Three Ju 52 losses on the 25.10.44.

[Tomislav Haramincic]

Hello everyone,

Three Ju 52 crashed on the 25.10.44. due bad weather conditions around Fl.Pl. Agram-Pleso (todays international airport).

So far I have the following:

Ju 52/3mg8e WNr.3185 16./TG1 - 3 crew wounded (one of them Flugmotorenschlosser Uffz. Karl Knobloch)

Ju 52/3mg4e WNr.6202 16./TG1 - 6 crew wounded

Ju 52/3mge WNr.5176 1./TG4 G6+HH - 3 crew died (Ofw. Walter Paschke, Fw. Paul Kvojas?) 1 crew wounded and two passengers died.

Can anyone could provide more details to those crashes?

Thank you!

[Trendle]

Hello Tomislav,

16./TG 1 / Junkers Ju 52/3mg8e / # 3185 / Transport Flight / Bad weather front / Crash- landing at the Agram-Pleso airfield (Zagreb - Region Croatia) - Yugoslavia / Obergefreiter Karl Jakoby (Bf) + Oberfeldwebel Helmut Boldt (Bw) + Unteroffizier Karl Knobloch - injured / Pilot uninjured

16./TG 1 / Junkers Ju 52/3m / # 6202 / Transport Flight / Bad weather front / Crash-landing at the Agram-Pleso airfield (Zagreb - Region Croatia) - Yugoslavia / Feldwebel Wilhelm Hense (FF) + Feldwebel Albert Galgon (Bw) + Oberfeldwebel Max Voß + Feldwebel Alois Schmidt - injured / Feldwebel Alfred Duda (Bf) - died in this accident

1./TG 4 / Junkers Ju 52/3mge / # 5176 / G6 + HH / Transport Flight / Bad weather front / Crash 8 km southeast of Agram (Zagreb - Region Croatia) - Yugoslavia / Oberfeldwebel Kurt Kerwarth (FF) + Oberfeldwebel Walter Paschke (Bf) + Feldwebel Paul Koops (Bw) + Unteroffizier Josef Schlecht (Pass.) + Obergefreiter Otto Borchert (Pass.) - died in this accident / Unteroffizier Fritz Herdt (Bs) - injured

All the best

Fred

[Tomislav Haramincic]

Many thanks Fred!