Aalborg – Tromsö

On November 13, 1942 at 12:00 AM, Aalborg – Tromsö experienced a crash involving Junkers JU.52, operated by German Air Force - Deutsche Luftwaffe, with the event recorded near Solheim Hordaland.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

6 people were known to be on board, 6 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 2, passenger fatalities: 2, other fatalities: 0.

En route, the three-engine aircraft hit the slope of a mountain located some 15 km east of Solheim. The wreckage was found on December 18, 1942. No one survived the crash. Crew (1./KGr.zbV108): ObLt Werner Hoffman, pilot, Fwb Wilhelm Steinhauer, radio operator, Uffw Günther Uhlig Fwb Adam Eschborn, flight engineer. Passengers: FwTreuwart Teichgräber, Fw Ewald Brackmann. Source & photos: http://ktsorens.tihlde.org/flyvrak/tangedalskaret.html

Aircraft reference details include registration 7U+FH, MSN 6978.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 59.6134°, 5.4776°.