Berlin – Cologne – Paris

On February 22, 1938 at 04:45 AM, Berlin – Cologne – Paris experienced a crash involving Junkers JU.52, operated by Deutsche Lufthansa, with the event recorded near Paris-Le Bourget Seine-Saint-Denis.

The flight was categorized as postal (mail) and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a plain, valley crash site.

3 people were known to be on board, 3 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is weather. The crew was performing a night mail flight from Berlin to Paris with an intermediate stop in Cologne. The aircraft christened 'Otto Parschau' left Cologne at 0241LT and while approaching Paris two hours later, the was unable to localize the airfield due to foggy conditions. Few minutes later, the three engine aircraft crashed in the garden of a castle located in Châtenay-en-France, north of Goussainville. All three crewmen were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration D-APAR, MSN 4040, year of manufacture 1934.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 48.9434°, 2.4220°.