Crash of a Junkers JU.88A-4 in Sprakel: 1 killed

Date & Time: Mar 4, 1942 at 2050 LT
Type of aircraft:
Junkers JU.88
Operator:
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Münster - Münster
MSN:
3248
Location:
Sprakel
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed Münster-Handorf Airport on a local training exercise. For unknown reasons, it went out of control and crashed in Sprakel, about 9 km northwest of the airfield. Two crew members were injured and a third was killed.
Crew:
Lt Günther Venske, pilot,
Uffz Helmut Kellermann, radio operator,
Fw Johannes Erwin, air gunner. †

Crash of an Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley V in Sprakel: 5 killed

Date & Time: Jul 22, 1940 at 0122 LT
Type of aircraft:
Armstrong Whitworth AW.38 Whitley
Operator:
Registration:
N1487
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Dishforth - Dishforth
MSN:
1627
YOM:
1939
Location:
Sprakel
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Dishfoth on a mission over Hamm and Soest. At night, it was shot down by the pilot of a Me.110 and crashed in Sprakel. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Christopher Grimwade Hill, pilot,
Sgt Victor Clarence Monhouse, pilot,
Sgt Noel Huckman Burton, observer,
Sgt William McCroirie, wireless operator,
Sgt James Anthony Sulter, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
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