E17

On April 17, 1944 at 12:00 AM, E17 experienced a crash involving Junkers JU.52, operated by Deutsche Lufthansa, with the event recorded near Stara Pazova Vojvodina.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a plain, valley crash site.

7 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 2 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 71.4%.

Crew on board: 3, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 4, passenger fatalities: 4, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is terrorism act, hijacking, sabotage. Few minutes after its take off from Belgrade-Zemun Airfield, while climbing, the aircraft was attacked by an allied fighter. The three engine aircraft was hit in the rear and the starboard and then caught fire. Out of control, it crashed in a field located in Stara Pazova, some 25 km north of Belgrade. Two crew members were seriously injured while all five other occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration D-AOCA, MSN 640996.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 44.9906°, 20.1906°.