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Ju 352 emergency landed west of Thisted 4/5 1945.
The aircraft belonged to ? and was coded ?
T/o Fehmarn Op: Escape.
The aircraft took off from Fehmarn on the morning of 4/5 to get away from the
Russians. It had been decided to try to reach Frederikshavn even though only two
of the aircrafts three engines were running properly. On board were Pilot Arthur
Kürth and his Danish fiancé Aase Krogh, Second pilot Rudolf Reichardt , the
navigator and 2 soldiers. They headed north up the Jylland peninsula at low
altitude to escape attention of fighter. As they had lost the map they came too
far west and when the reached the Thisted area they were low and fuel and the
engines were running rough.
It was necessary to land and when Arthur Kürth
spotted a field of sufficient length he landed the aircraft. It was a bumpy ride
over the fields and tracks and the two passengers were thrown around in the
fuselage. The time was 07:25 hrs and the place was Rosvang farm about 7
kilometres south west of Thisted.
Later on the same day the crew was transported
to the former Fliegerhorst See Dragsbæk in Thisted.
The aircraft was left in the field for a couple of weeks before it was
dismantled and taken to Fliegerhorst Aalborg West by “Zonen” rescue
service. (Denmark was liberated on 5/5 1945.)
(Helme)
(Zone-Redningskorpsets Venner via Jørgen Madsen)
(Zone-Redningskorpsets Venner via Jørgen Madsen)
(Zone-Redningskorpsets Venner via Jørgen Madsen)
(Zone-Redningskorpsets Venner via Jørgen Madsen)
(Zone-Redningskorpsets Venner via Jørgen Madsen)
(Zone-Redningskorpsets Venner via Jørgen Madsen)
(Zone-Redningskorpsets Venner via Jørgen Madsen)
(Zone-Redningskorpsets Venner via Jørgen Madsen)
(Zone-Redningskorpsets Venner via Jørgen Madsen)
(Zone-Redningskorpsets Venner via Jørgen Madsen)
Sources: LBUK, Henning Skov, Gerhard.
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