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 Utsjoki Lapland.

The flight was categorized as military and the reported phase was flight at a plain, valley crash site.

5 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 5 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: 2, 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 Tuolpujärvi, southeast of Utsjoki. All five occupants were rescued while the aircraft was destroyed. Crew (2./TGr.20): Ofw Willi Enderle, Uffz Werner Jagode, Ogfr Wilhelm Tönnes. PassengerS: Uffz Hermann Keller, Uffz Helmut Dietrich. Source & photo: http://ktsorens.tihlde.org/flyvrak/toulbujarvi.html

Aircraft reference details include registration 7U+HK, MSN 6343.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 70.0885°, 27.9606°.