Crash Site Junkers Ju 87B Stuka's

Swietoszow
Lower Silesian, Poland

Thirteen Junkers Ju 87B Stuka dive bombers of 1 Gruppe, 76 Sturmkampfgeschwader crashed due to bad weather conditions during a military air show at Truppenplatz Neuhammer (now: Swietoszow) on 15 August 1939. All 26 airmen were killed. Walter Sigel, their commander, survived.

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Text by: Kaj Metz

Photo(s): Albert Fahrenhorst