G6+EK

On May 18, 1944 at 12:00 AM, G6+EK experienced a crash involving Junkers JU.52, operated by German Air Force - Deutsche Luftwaffe, with the event recorded near Skalka Hradec Králové Region (Královéhradecký kraj).

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was flight 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 technical failure. The crew was completing a military cargo flight from the East front to the West, carrying various equipment and materials on behalf the Transport Group n° 4. Apparently following an engine failure, the airplane lost height and crashed in an open field. All three crew members were killed. Crew: Fw Ibs, Fw Pittrof, Fw Leisz.

Aircraft reference details include registration G6+EK, MSN 5509, year of manufacture 1936.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 50.3018°, 15.7162°.