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Ju 88A-7 serial number 5190 crashed in the sea near Grenå 11/8 1943. From Vornæs lighthouse two Ju 88 was spotted heading north at very low level at 15:25 hrs. The first Ju 88 marked "82" passed the lighthouse while the second touched the sea approx. 500 meters south of the lighthouse. It bounched and flew on for about 100 meters before it crashed into the sea. The lighthouse passed this information on. A very small rowing boat was sent out from the lighthouse and rescued one airman while another was swimming around. The swimmer however went down before he could be rescued. Shorty after a German patrolboat arrived and took the surviving airman onboard. Two airmen went down with the aircraft. On 12/8 a salvage vessel arrived at
brought the wreckage to surface.
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