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 Väylä Lapland.

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

9 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 8 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 11.1%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 7, passenger fatalities: 1, 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. Eight occupants were rescued while a passenger was killed. Crew (2./TGr.20): Fw Gustav Kunzmann, Uffz Ludwig Rohnacker. Passengers: Ofw Fritz Hartwig, Ofw Paul Kaufmann, Ogfr Rudolf Gilga, Ogfr Ludwig Stuhldrein, Uffz Hans Bernd, Stgfr Hermann Königs, Stgfr Wladis Marmella. Source & photo: http://ktsorens.tihlde.org/flyvrak/toulbujarvi.html

Aircraft reference details include registration 7U+GM, MSN 6399.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 69.0791°, 27.5054°.