Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV in Hürth: 5 killed

Date & Time: Sep 10, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 424 Wellington IV
Operator:
Registration:
Z1216
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Breighton - Breighton
Location:
Hürth
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 Breighton at 2019LT on September 10 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Approaching Cologne, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Hürth. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Albert Ernest Brown,
F/Sgt John Alexander Bryden,
Sgt Keith John Danks-Brown,
F/Sgt Terence Claude Harris,
Sgt James Kevin King.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

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

Date & Time: Aug 1, 1942 at 0251 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 406 Wellington II
Operator:
Registration:
Z8499
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Binbrook - Binbrook
Location:
Hürth
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 Binbrook at 0028LT on an operation to Düsseldorf. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Hürth, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Thomas Barrett, pilot,
Sgt Walter Henry Good, pilot,
P/O Frederick Henry Down, observer,
F/Sgt Hugh Lawrence Laxdal, wireless operator,
Sgt Donald William Brett, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Vickers 424 Wellington IV in Hürth: 6 killed

Date & Time: Apr 7, 1942 at 0300 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 424 Wellington IV
Operator:
Registration:
Z1205
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
City
Schedule:
Grimsby - Grimsby
Location:
Hürth
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Grimsby at 0014LT on an operation to Essen. Passing over Cologne, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the center of Hürth, in the southwest suburb of Cologne. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt George Henry Mays, pilot,
Sgt Lawrence Ernest Taylor, pilot,
F/Sgt Victor Reginald Dufton, observer,
Sgt Francis Geoefrey Huntley, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Ronald Bennett Blatchley, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt David Maxwell Laing, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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