Crash of a Dornier DO.217E-2 in Rheine: 3 killed

Date & Time: Sep 27, 1941 at 1350 LT
Type of aircraft:
Dornier DO.217
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Test
Survivors:
No
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
Schedule:
Rheine - Rheine
MSN:
5158
YOM:
1941
Location:
Rheine
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The crew was completing a local test flight at Rheine Airfield when the airplane crashed for unknown reasons in the vicinity of the airport. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Fw Eugen Flir, pilot,
Fw Heinrich Hehn, observer,
Willi Faatz, controller.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Rheine: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jun 20, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
P4355
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Location:
Rheine
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Hemswell on a communication mission when it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Rheine. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Albert Stanley Smith, pilot,
P/O Colin Matheson, pilot,
Sgt Rex Spurway Powell, observer,
Sgt William Stanley Rowcliffe, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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