Frankfurt – Berlin – Hamburg – Copenhagen – Oslo

On October 16, 1944 at 08:25 PM, Frankfurt – Berlin – Hamburg – Copenhagen – Oslo experienced a crash involving Junkers JU.52, operated by Deutsche Lufthansa, with the event recorded near Seljord Telemark.

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

15 people were known to be on board, 15 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: 12, passenger fatalities: 12, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The three engine aircraft christened 'Herman Stache' left Copenhagen Airport at 1750LT bound for Oslo. After passing Skagen, the aircraft entered over Skagerrak and the weather conditions deteriorated. Due to poor visibility and wind from the east, the aircraft diverted from the prescribed flight path to the west. Persuaded to be on the correct track for Oslo, the crew reduced his altitude and went through the cloud layer to start the descent to Fornebu Airport. At an altitude of 1,355 meters, the aircraft hit the slope of Mt Skorvefjell located northwest of Seljord. The wreckage was found few hours later and all 15 occupants were killed. Crew: Johannes Schröter, August Lukat, Wilhelm Jenss. Passengers: Curt Braun, Armin Priest, Hans Haas, Herman Daduna, Walter Hodt, Erwin Keller, Edwin Krause, Alexander Rockel, Georg Rosenbush, Gerard Schmidt, Kjell Andreas Martinsen, Milli Holthe.

Aircraft reference details include registration D-ADQV, MSN 640608, year of manufacture 1943.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 59.5734°, 8.5123°.