Rennes

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1G+ER

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Rennes - Rennes

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1460

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1936

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The airplane suffered an engine failure and crashed prior to landing at Rennes Airport. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw Alfred Masurek, pilot,
Ofw Franz Möller, observer,
Uffz Otto Willrisch, radio operator,
Gefr Karl Krebs, mechanic.

Probable cause:

Engine failure.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111P in Newport: 5 killed

Date & Time: Sep 13, 1940 at 0315 LT

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1G+DS

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The airplane departed Rennes to bomb dockyards at Bristol, Plymouth, Merseyside, Swansea and Cardiff. While cruising at night, the airplane collided with the cable of a barrage balloon and crashed onto a house located 32 Stow Park Avenue in Newport. Three crew members were killed and a fourth was injured. Two children in the house were also killed.
Crew:
Oblt Harry Wappler, pilot,
Uffz Fritz Berndt, navigator, †
Obfw Johannes Elster, wireless operator and air gunner, †
Uffz Herbert Okulock, bomb aimer. †
Those killed on the ground were:
Malcom Phillips,
Myrtle Phillips.

Probable cause:

In-flight collision with the cable of a barrage balloon.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111 in La Mézière: 4 killed

Date & Time: Sep 1, 1940

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1G+GT

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Bombing

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Plain, Valley

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Rennes - Rennes

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1577

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1936

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Few minutes after takeoff from Rennes, the airplane crashed in unknown circumstances in a field located in La Mézière, about 16 km north of the airport. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Oblt Hans Stößel, pilot,
Uffz Ernest Urbich, observer,
Uffz Jonny Müller, radio operator,
Uffz Siegfried Wiechers, mechanic.

Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-1 in Baulon: 3 killed

Date & Time: Aug 28, 1940

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Junkers JU.88

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F7+?L

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Bombing

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Plain, Valley

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Rennes - Rennes

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3124

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Crashed in unknown circumstances in Baulon, about 24 km southwest of Rennes. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Uffz Heinrich Koch,
Uffz Hans Wedekind,
Uffz Gustav Hein.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111P in Rennes: 5 killed

Date & Time: Aug 20, 1940

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1G+??

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Crashed in unknown circumstances in Les Landes d'Apigné, near Rennes Airport. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw Wilhelm Deuschle, pilot,
Uffz Adolf Engelbrecht,
Flg Heinz Schönwälder,
Prf Evald Winterlich,
Flg Hans Mader.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111P-2 near Chester

Date & Time: Aug 14, 1940 at 2157 LT

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1G+FS

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Meteorological / Weather

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Plain, Valley

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Rennes - Rennes

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2624

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The airplane departed Rennes at 1915LT on a weather reconnaissance mission over the Bristol Channel. While cruising over the area of Chester, the twin engine aircraft was shot down by the pilot of a Spitfire. The captain reduced his altitude and attempted an emergency landing when the aircraft crash landed in a field located in Border House Farm. All five crew members became PoW.
Crew (8. Staffel III/KG 27):
Oblt Artur Wiesemann,
Fw Heinrich Rödder,
Uffz Walter Schaum,
Uffz Ullmann,
Uffz Heinz Köchy.

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Shot down by a British fighter.

Crash of a Heinkel He.111 in Rennes

Date & Time: Aug 14, 1940

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1G+DS

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Crashed on landing for unknown reasons. All five crew members evacuated safely.
Crew:
Fw Hans Oeckenpöhler, pilot,
Fw. Schreiber, observer,
Uffz Erich Frielinghaus, radio operator,
Uffz Franz Lösecke, mechanic,
Gefr Adolf Blumenthal, air gunner.

Crash of a Potez 25 in Tours

Date & Time: Jun 10, 1940 at 1830 LT

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Potez 25

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1362

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Rennes - Tours - Clermont-Ferrand

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The pilot departed Rennes on a solo flight to Clermont-Ferrand with an intermediate stop in Tours. For unknown reasons, the aircraft crashed upon landing at Tours-Parçay-Meslay Airport. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair and the pilot was slightly injured.
Crew:
S/Lt Petit, pilot.

Crash of a Potez 25 in Vélizy-Villacoublay

Date & Time: Jun 7, 1940 at 1145 LT

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Potez 25

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2010

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