Incident Overview
Date: Friday 20 April 1945
Aircraft Type: Junkers Ju-52/3m
Owner/operator: Deutsche Lufthansa
Registration Number: D-ANAJ
Location: Glienig/Steinreich –
ÿ Germany
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 18 / Occupants: 20
Component Affected: AircraftAircraft
Category: Unlawful Interference
A Lufthansa aircraft crashed during an evacuation flight near Glienig (Dahme/Spreewald) after being shot down by Soviet forces. The flight, destined for Enns with a Prague stop, carried three crew and seventeen passengers, including one woman. Two survivors were rescued. Hans Steinhoff, a German film director, was among the fatalities.A Lufthansa aircraft crashed during an evacuation flight near Glienig (Dahme/Spreewald) after being shot down by Soviet forces. The flight, destined for Enns with a Prague stop, carried three crew and seventeen passengers, including one woman. Two survivors were rescued. Hans Steinhoff, a German film director, was among the fatalities.
Description
Shot down by Soviet Forces during an evacuation flight. The aircraft crashed into forest at Glienig (Dahme/Spreewald). Three crew and seventeen passengers (one woman) on board. Two passengers survived. Among those killed was Hans Steinhoff (63, a German film director). This was the last Lufthansa flight to leave Berlin before the end of World War II. It was destined for Enns with an intermediate stop in Prague.
Source of Information
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abschuss_Ju_52_am_20._April_1945https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abschuss_Ju_52_am_20._April_1945Primary Cause
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