in the Environs of Cologne
Crashes > of the R.A.F.
Royal Air Force crashes in the Cologne area.
The majority of the following crashes are those in which the killed crew members were buried in Cologne's South Cemetery.
But other crashes, e.g. in the Bergisches Land or the Voreifel, have also found their way into this list.
The adjacent map gives an approximate overview of the catchment area.
And of course it makes no claim to completeness; new crashes are always being added or new information is being added.
Date | Time | Aircraft | Serial Number | Sqd | Crash Lokation | More Details |
13.10.1939 | - | Blenheim IV | N6160 | 114th Sqd | Dreiborn/Nähe Vogelsang | |
25.05.1940 | 02:00 | Hampden I | L4172 | 144th Sqd | Sechtem | |
29.08.1940 | 23:22 | Hampden I | P4372 | 44th Sqd | Sürth | |
21.04.1941 | - | Hampden I | X2986 | 106th Sqd | Hürth-Knapsack/Grube Engelbert | |
01.07.1941 | 02:00 | Hampden I | AD916 | 83rd Sqd | Süggerath | |
03.07.1941 | 01:53 | Hampden I | AD873 | 106th Sqd | Großkönigsdorf | |
12.08.1941 | - | Blenheim IV | V5725 | 139th Sqd | Hürth-Berrenrath | |
12.08.1941 | 12:30 | Blenheim IV | Z7448 | 139th Sqd | Hücheln | |
29.08.1941 | - | Wellington II | W5488 | 405th Sqd | Glüder bei Solingen | |
31.08.1941 | 23:29 | Manchester I | L7316 | 207th Sqd | Oberkrüchten | |
11.10.1941 | - | Wellington | Z8909 | 75th Sqd | Hürth-Kalscheuren/ Bahnhof | |
11.10.1941 | 03:32 | Wellington Ic | Z8897 | 57th Sqd | Glessen | |
11.10.1941 | 03:15 | Wellington Ic | X9756 | 57th Sqd | Wesseling, Köln Str. | |
15.10.1941 | 23:00 | Wellington Ic | X9916 | 75th Sqd | nordöstl. Weiden | |
08.11.1941 | 20:39 | Whitley V | Z9212 | 102nd Sqd | Wildenrath Wegberg | |
27.12.1941 | - | Whitley V | Z9226 | 77th Sqd | Viersen | |
27.12.1941 | 20:15 | Wellington Ic | Z1115 | 101st Sqd | Wegberg | |
02.04.1942 | 01:37 | Wellington | Z8805 | 214th Sqd | Wesseling, Rhein-Km 66,7 ( Lülsdorf) | |
06.04.1942 | 01:42 | Wellington III | X3415 | 9th Sqd | Sechtem | |
11.04.1942 | 00:50 | Hampden I | AE291 | 455th Sqd | Hitdorf | |
11.04.1942 | - | Wellington | W5570 | 12th Sqd | unbekannt ??? | |
12.04.1942 | Wellington | X9687 | 304th Sqd | Hürth-Gleuel | ||
15.04.1942 | 02:30 | Wellington | W5427 | 405th Sqd | Brühl, Kaiser Str- | |
15.04.1942 | 02:35 | Hampden I | AT128 | 420th Sqd | Neuss-Norf | |
23.04.1942 | 00:50 | Wellington III | X3358 | 9th Sqd | Hackenbroich bei Dormagen | |
28.04.1942 | 01:25 | Wellington III | X3288 | 150th Sqd | Oedstein / Monheim | |
31.05.1942 | 01:20 | Stirling I | W7502 | 218th Sqd | Huppenbroich bei Monschau | |
31.05.1942 | - | Halifax II | W7707 | 405th Sqd | Niederaussem, explo on air | |
31:05:1942 | - | Lancaster I | R5561 | 61st Sqdn | Niederaussem | |
02.06.1942 | 00:29 | Blenheim IV | R3620 | 114th Sqd | Buschbell | |
05.06.1942 | - | Halifax II | W7696 | 10th Sqd | Hürth-Knapsack | |
09.06.1942 | 01:23 | Halifax | DG224 | 405th Sqd | Sinnersdorf | |
01.08.1942 | 02:48 | Lancaster | R5604 | 106th Sqd | Lövenich | |
01.08.1942 | - | Wellington Ic | DV829 | 25th OTU | Mechenich | |
01.08.1942 | Wellington II | Z8499 | 12nd Sqd | Hürth | ||
25.08.1942 | - | Lancaster I | R5662 | 61st Sqd | Hürth-Efferen | |
10.09.1942 | - | Wellington IV | Z1477 | 142nd Sqd | Hürth-Hermülheim/Theresienhöhe | |
11.09.1942 | - | Wellington IV | Z1216 | 460th Sqd | Hürth Stadion | |
16.09.1942 | - | Wellington Ic | N2782 | 27th Sqd | Hürth-Knapsack | |
16.09.1942 | - | Wellington III | BJ730 | 12th Sqd | Bottenbroich | |
16.09.1942 | - | Wellington III | BJ720 | 23rd OTU | Bottenbroich ? | |
15.10.1942 | - | Halifax II | W1213 | 103rd Sqd | Distenich | |
15.10.1942 | Lancaster BI | W4170 | 97th Sqd | Schwadorf bei Brühl | ||
15.10.1942 | Lancaster BI | W4302 | 106th Sqd | Menden, explo on air | ||
09.01.1943 | Lancaster I | ED384 | 103rd Sqd | Rheidt-Rommerskirchen | ||
26.02.1943 | Halifax II | HR669 | 102nd Sqd | Hürth-Knapsack | ||
26.02.1943 | Halifax II | W7919 | 102nd Sqd | Hürth-Kalscheuren | ||
26.02.1943 | Lancaster BI | W4336 | 103th Sqd | Hürth-Kalscheuren | ||
17.04.1943 | Lancaster | ED651 | 467th Sqd | Heppendorf / Elsdorf | ||
17.04.1943 | Wellington X | HE475 | 425th Sqd | Lötzbeuren / Hunsrück | ||
15.05.1943 | Halifax II | DT777 | 78th Sqd | östl. Radevormwald | ||
26.05.1943 | 01:55 | Stirling III | EH887 | 218th Sqd | Steinstraß | |
26.05.1943 | 01:55 | Stirling III | BF534 | 77th Sqd | zwischen Aachen und Jülich | |
26.05.1943 | 01:50 | Stirling I | EF361 | 7th sqd | Jülich, an der Bahnstrecke Ri. Aachen | |
26.05.1943 | 01:51 | Halifax II | JB837 | 77th Sqd | Jülich, Ausbesserungswerk | |
29.05.1943 | 00:54 | Stirling III | BF507 | 149th Sqd | Dormagen | |
30.05.1943 | 01:15 | Stirling III | BK776 | 75th Sqd | Odenspiel / Eckenhagen | |
12.06.1943 | - | Halifax II | JD117 | 158th Sqd | zwischen Frenz und Weisweiler | |
17.06.1943 | - | Lancaster I | W4798 | 61st Sqd | Pattern bei Jülich | |
17.06.1943 | 01:26 | Lancaster | ED907 | 63rd Sqd | Broich bei Jülich | |
25.06.1943 | Lancaster | ED858 | 156th Sqd | Spiel bei Titz | ||
25.06.1943 | 01:07 | Halifax II | JB834 | 102nd sqd | Broich, bei Jülich | |
25.06.1943 | 01:28 | Halifax II | JB962 | 78th Sqd | Zons | |
04.07.1943 | 01:31 | Stirling | BK648 | 15th Sqd | Hangelar, Bahnhof Menden | X |
04.07.1943 | Lancaster | W4958 | 12th Sqd | Niederkassel-Uckendorf | ||
14.07.1943 | Halifax II | JD175 | 78th Sqd | Weisweiler bei Eschweiler | ||
31.07.1943 | Halifax II | JD365 | 408th Sqd | Gürzenich/Mariaweiler bei Düren | ||
31.07.1943 | Halifax V | DK202 | 76th Sqd | Leverkusen-Wiesdorf | ||
31.07.1943 | Halifax V | EB242 | 427th Sqd | Delhoven, südwestl. Blechhof | ||
23.08.1943 | Halifax | JD378 | 102nd Sqd | Kreuzaus, Steinbruch am Lohberg | ||
31.01.1943 | Mosquito | DZ593 | 139th Sqd | Erp, Landstraße bei Friesheim | ||
03.11.1943 | Lancaster | ED438 | 49th Sqd | Hasterrath bei Düren | ||
03.11.1943 | Halifax V | EB257 | 434th Sqd | Niederaussem | ||
19.11.1943 | Halifax II | HR950 | 51st Sqd | Niedermebt, Am Bleimann | ||
26.11.1943 | Halifax V | LK946 | 76th Sqd | Malborn, Dampflos | ||
26.02.1944 | Halifax | LK759 | 427th Sqd | Rascheid bei Beuren | ||
22.03.1944 | Halifax | LW417 | 425th Sqd | Niederemmel | ||
24.03.1944 | Lancaster | LM441 | 15th Sqd | Bergheim bei Sieglar | ||
21.04.1944 | Lancaster II | DS728 | 115th Sqd | Jülich, Merscher Höhe | ||
23.05.1944 | Lancaster | LM542 | 110th Sqd | Wesseling Keldenich | ||
09.10.1944 | Halifax III | MZ802 | 424th Sqd | Neurath | X | |
28.10.1944 | Lancaster BX | KB712 | 419th Sqd | Hürth-Knapsack | ||
31.10.1944 | Lancaster III | PB567 | 460th Sqd | Hürth/Explo on air | ||
02.11.1944 | Lancaster | PB338 | 463rd Sqd | Worringen | ||
29.11.1944 | Lancaster | PB465 | 103rd Sqd | Explo on air | ||
12.12.1944 | Lancaster I | ME649 | 103rd Sqd | Jüchen, Bundestrasse 59 | ||
23.12.1944 | Mosquito | ML998 | 109th sqd | Jüchen, Marktplatz/Kirchstrasse | ||
24.12.1944 | Lancaster BI | NF915 | 622nd Sqd | Grevenbroich Flassheide | ||
21.02.1945 | Lancaster | PB722 | 300th Sqd | Bergisch-Gladbach, Hebborner Hof | ||
28.01.1945 | Lancaster | LM281 | 218th Sqd | Bensberg ?? | ||
28.01.1945 | Lancaster | PD296 | 218th Sqd | Bergisch-Gladbach, Schlodderich | ||
02.02.1945 | Halifax BIII | MZ487 | 51st Sqd | Bahnlinie Dormagen/Horrem | X | |
21.02.1945 | 00:45 | Lancaster I | PA179 | 166th Sqd | Rommerskirchen, Kreuzfelderhof | X |
23.02.1945 | Mosquito | HR342 | 418th Sqd | Rommerskirchen | X | |
02.03.1945 | Lancaster I | HK769 | 622nd Sqd | Pulheim | ||
02.03.1945 | Lancaster | PB158 | 625th Sqd | Stotzheim bei Euskirchen | ||