Nautsi – Kaamanen

On October 23, 1944 at 12:00 AM, Nautsi – Kaamanen experienced a crash involving Junkers JU.52, operated by German Air Force - Deutsche Luftwaffe, with the event recorded near Kaamanen Lapland.

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, 0 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

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

The listed crash cause is terrorism act, hijacking, sabotage. The three engine aircraft left Nautsi Airport, Murmansk Oblast, at 0805LT on a flight to Kaamanen. En route, it was shot down by the pilot of a Soviet Air Force fighter and crashed in a wooded area located in Luppovaara, near Väylä. All three occupants were rescued while the aircraft was destroyed. Crew (2./TGr.20): Ofw Franz Blume, Fw Georg Zeissler, Fw Helmut Born. Source & photo: http://ktsorens.tihlde.org/flyvrak/toulbujarvi.html

Aircraft reference details include registration 7U+GK, MSN 6844.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 69.1047°, 27.1978°.