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Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-4 in Rémilly: 2 killed

Date & Time: Oct 14, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Junkers JU.88
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Airport (less than 10 km from airport)
MSN:
2564
Location:
Rémilly
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Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
Crashed upon landing at Rémilly Airfield. Two crew members were killed and two others were injured.
Crew:
Fw Johann Martens, pilot, †
Uffz Hans Fiebig, radio operator,
Obfw Wilhelm Anhäuser, mechanic,
Uffz Fritz Schumann, air gunner. †

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V near Metz

Date & Time: May 22, 1940 at 0100 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
N1528
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Driffield - Driffield
MSN:
1656
YOM:
1939
Location:
Metz
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Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew departed RAF Driffield at 2124LT on May 21 on a bombing mission over Euskirchen. En route, the crew was forced to abandon the aircraft and bailed out. The aircraft crashed in a field near Metz and was destroyed. All five crew members were unhurt and returned to UK.
Crew (102nd Squadron):
P/O G. H. Womersley, pilot,
P/O R. F. Beauchair, pilot,
Sgt J. Derbyshire, observer,
AC1 H. F. Hurt, wireless operator and air gunner,
AC2 A. Sedgley, air gunner.

Crash of a Bristol 142 Blenheim IV in Orny: 2 killed

Date & Time: Mar 15, 1940 at 2350 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 142 Blenheim
Operator:
Registration:
L9249
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Location:
Orny
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Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Metz at 2345LT on a reconnaissance mission. Less than five minutes later, it crashed in a field located in Orny. Two crewmen were killed and a third was injured.
Crew:
F/O W. W. Adam, †
Sgt Park,
LAC F. J. Mantle. †

Crash of a Potez 25 in Elzange

Date & Time: Sep 27, 1939
Type of aircraft:
Potez 25
Operator:
Registration:
1700
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
1700
Location:
Elzange
Moselle
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
2
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The crew was completing an observation mission when he was attacked by the pilot of a German fighter. The aircraft crashed in a field near Elzange. A crew member was injured and the second was unhurt.
Crew:
Lt Lambert, pilot,
Lt Lequeu, observer.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Bloch MB.131 in Morsbach: 2 killed

Date & Time: Sep 17, 1939
Type of aircraft:
Bloch MB.131
Operator:
Registration:
L-341
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Étain-Rouvres - Étain-Rouvres
MSN:
86
YOM:
1938
Location:
Morsbach
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Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The crew departed Étain-Rouvres AFB on a reconnaissance mission over Metz. En route, the airplane was shot down by the pilot of a German fighter. The pilot attempted an emergency landing when the aircraft crashed by the forest of Guensbach, in Morsbach, bursting into flames. Two crew members were rescued while two others were killed.
Crew:
S/Lt Leory, pilot,
Lt Rousset, observer,
S/Lt Paul Antoine Jean Capdeville, navigator, †
Adj René Emile Louis Saron, gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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