Mission: Courier flight.
Date: 5th November 1940
Unit:1 Staffel./Fernaufklärungsgruppe 123
Type: Bucher Bu 131
Werke/Nr.4494
Location: Rozel Bay, Island of Jersey.
Pilot/Observer: Oberleutnant. Werner Vrancken. 69004/8 – Killed.
Born 24.02.1917 in Altona/Hamburg.
Date: 5th November 1940
Unit:1 Staffel./Fernaufklärungsgruppe 123
Type: Bucher Bu 131
Werke/Nr.4494
Location: Rozel Bay, Island of Jersey.
Pilot/Observer: Oberleutnant. Werner Vrancken. 69004/8 – Killed.
Born 24.02.1917 in Altona/Hamburg.
REASON FOR LOSS:
Unknown: Oblt. Vrancken baled out but his parachute failed and he fell to his death.
Oberleutnant. Werner Vrancken (Brownless)
The original burial of Werner Vrancken with full military honours (via Koen Hermsen)
Burial details: Deutsche Soldatenfriedhof Versailles Les Gonards. Row F. Grave 9.
Researched and compiled by Melvin Brownless, with special thanks to Koen Hermsen. Updated February 2014.