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Description: British plane on takeoff near Munich causes death of 25, including Manchester United soccer team. (partial newsreel). This is news reel footage from the USA of the Munich air disaster in which a number of the Busby Babes, team officials and reporters were killed
The Munich air disaster occurred on 6 February 1958, when British European Airways Flight 609 crashed on its third attempt to take off at Munich-Riem Airport in Munich, West Germany. The aircraft was carrying the Manchester United football team, nicknamed the " Busby Babes ", along with supporters and journalists. [ 1 ]
Mark Jones (15 June 1933 – 6 February 1958) was an English footballer and one of eight Manchester United players to lose their lives in the Munich air disaster.Jones was born in Wombwell, near Barnsley, West Riding of Yorkshire in 1933, the third of seven children born to miner Amos Jones (1894–1968) and his wife Lucy (1896–1957).
Pages in category "Footballers killed in the Munich air disaster" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
Kenneth Gordon Rayment, DFC (11 March 1921 – 15 March 1958) was a British pilot and decorated Second World War flying ace.On 6 February 1958, he was the co-pilot of BEA flight 609 that was to carry the Manchester United football team and journalists from West Germany to England but which crashed on take-off.
Manchester United star Marcus Rashford recited a poem to mark the 65th anniversary of the Munich air disaster. Twenty-three people were killed, including eight players dubbed the Busby Babes, when ...
Footballers killed in the Munich air disaster (11 P) Pages in category "Victims of the Munich air disaster" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
Late 1950s: Munich and beyond United's defining tragedy happened in Munich on 6 February 1958. The story of the crash that killed 21, including eight players, is told in a new BBC film starring ...