Crash of a Vickers 417 Wellington III in Sechtem: 6 killed

Date & Time: Apr 6, 1942 at 0142 LT
Type of aircraft:
Vickers 417 Wellington III
Operator:
Registration:
X3415
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Honington - Honington
Location:
Sechtem
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 Honington at 2336LT on April 5 on an operation to Cologne. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed at the railway station of Sechtem. All six crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Edward Frank Collins, pilot,
P/O Paul Rigby Sinclair Brooke, pilot,
Sgt Ronald Jacques, observer,
Sgt Philip John Coleman, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Cyril Victor Maddock, air gunner,
Sgt Arthur Naylor, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Sechtem: 3 killed

Date & Time: May 26, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
L4172
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Hemswell - Hemswell
Location:
Sechtem
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
While on a night bombing mission over Cologne, the aircraft was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Sechtem. Three crew members were killed and a fourth became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt A. E. Jones, pilot,
Sgt John Alexander Smyth, pilot, †
Sgt Colin Woodhouse , observer, †
Cpl Thomas Baybutt, wireless operator and air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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