T2880
Crashes > of the R.A.F.
The Wellington IC, T2880 ran into heavy flak on approach to Cologne. The entire crew bailed out and parachuted to the ground.
where they were arrested by German soldiers. All survived their time as prisoners of war and returned home at the end of the war.
The pilotless Wellington crashed into the school on Rösrather Straße in Cologne-Ostheim, causing extensive damage to property.
School lessons therefore had to be moved to the youth centre of the Servatius Church on Pohlstadtsweg.