Kenneth Gordon " Ken " Rayment , ( 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 ; this became known as the Munich air disaster . Rayment survived the crash but died five weeks later of his injuries
Munich air disaster
Munich air disaster
Kenneth Rayment