Crash of a Junkers JU.88 A-4 near Gent

Date & Time: Jul 28, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Junkers JU.88
Operator:
Registration:
3Z+BL
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
MSN:
4075
Location:
Gent
East Flanders
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
While on an operational sortie, the airplane was shot down by a British fighter and crashed near Gent. All four crew members were injured.
Crew:
Obfw Werner Wirth, pilot,
Fw Erich Lothar, observer,
Fw Otto Caro, radio operator,
Fw Franz Kübrich, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a British fighter.

Crash of a Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Gent

Date & Time: Jun 5, 1940
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
N1522
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Driffield - Driffield
MSN:
1650
YOM:
1939
Location:
Gent
East Flanders
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Driffield at 2103LT on June 4 on a bombing mission over Gelsenkirchen. While cruising at night over Gent, Belgium, an engine caught fire. The crew bailed out and abandoned the aircraft that crashed on the ground. All five occupants survived and became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Alan C. Meigh,
Sgt W. G. Best,
Sgt M. A. Oliver,
LAC V. G. Allen,
AC1 D. V. Browne.
Probable cause:
Engine fire in flight.
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