N6160
Crashes > of the R.A.F.
Two Blenheim IVs were ordered from their base at Wyton/GB to Villeneuve les Vertus east of Paris on 13 October 1939. Here they were to take part in a long-range reconnaissance flight planned for the following day.
In single flights they crossed the German border south of Luxembourg. Shortly after crossing the border, the N6160 was intercepted by a swarm of Bf 109s from 1st / JG 52 and took fire. Badly hit, the aircraft crashed near Dreiborn, about five kilometers south of Vogelsang. The firing was credited to Lt. Kurt Kirchner of !./ JG 52.
All three crew members of the Blenheim died in the crash and were buried in the Cologne South Cemetery.
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Crash site of the N6160 in Dreiborn
Source: Municipal archive Schleiden
from: K.J. Lüttjens, "When the war came to the northern Eifel".