Date: 5th November 1940
Unit: 1 Staffel/Fernaufklaerungsgruppe 123
Type: Bucher Bu 131
Werke Nr. 4494
Location: Rozel Bay, Island of Jersey
Pilot: 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.
Location of crash site and where pilot fell to his death illustrated in this Google Earth photograph
Oberleutnant Werner Vrancken
Burial details:
Werner Vrancken was laid to rest in the Deutsche Soldatenfriedhof Versailles Les Gonards. Row F Grave 9.
