Crash Site Junkers Ju 88 Noordwelle

This Junkers Ju 88 (III./KG 30) crashed here on 17 May 1940. All crew members survived and quickly escaped to the nearby dunes. The Junkers was on an armed reconnaissance mission along the coastal areas of Belgium and Holland. The crew was captured by the Dutch. However, the captives quickly became the captors after Zeeland surrendered.

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Source

• Text: Kaj Metz
• Photos: Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-363-2258-11
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