Crash of a Vickers 406 Wellington II in Brühl: 5 killed

Date & Time: Apr 15, 1942 at 0233 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
W5427
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Pocklington - Pocklington
Location:
Brühl
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 2214LT on April 14 on an operation to Dortmund. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Brühl, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Donald Malcolm MacFarlane, pilot,
Sgt Alan Godfrey Harvey Rheinberg, observer,
Sgt Malcolm David Jones, wireless operator,
Sgt William Stone Tyler, wireless operator,
Sgt John Cormack, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Bloch MB.200 in Brühl: 5 killed

Date & Time: Nov 8, 1939
Type of aircraft:
Bloch MB.200
Operator:
Registration:
E-961
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Connantre - Connantre
MSN:
162
Location:
Brühl
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The crew departed Connantre Airfield at 1935LT on a night reconnaissance mission over Germany. Vertical to Brühl, the aircraft was shot down by the German Flak and crashed. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Jean Terrel, pilot,
S/Lt François Bertaux, observer,
S/Lt Marcel Guisset, Chief,
Sgt/C Henri Esneau, radio operator,
Sgt Wilfried Turbillon, gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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