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Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Rekem: 5 killed

Date & Time: Aug 19, 1941 at 0216 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
Z6564
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Leeming - Leeming
MSN:
2035
YOM:
1941
Location:
Rekem
Limburg
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2223LT on August 18 on an operation to Cologne. It was shot down by a Me.110 and crashed in Rekem, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O William Alan Strathern Evill, pilot,
Sgt Kenneth Mervyn Tomkins, observer,
Sgt Donald Maclachlan Duffy, wireless operator,
Sgt Cyril Patrick O'Dell, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Hill Park, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Rekem: 3 killed

Date & Time: May 12, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
N6216
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Plivot - Plivot
MSN:
9315
YOM:
1939
Location:
Rekem
Limburg
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Plivot on a bombing mission over a German column moving in Maastricht. Approaching the target, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.109 and crashed in Rekem. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L William Ian Scott, pilot,
Sgt Thomas William Davis, observer,
LAC William A. McFadden, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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