Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Brokstedt: 7 killed
Date & Time:
Apr 4, 1943 at 2350 LT
Operator:
Registration:
DT686
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Snaith - Snaith
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 1948LT on an operation to Kiel. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Brokstedt, 42 km southwest of Kiel. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Alan Arnold Emery, pilot,
Sgt Gerald Edwin McDonald, flight engineer,
Sgt James Kevin Barry Veal, navigator,
Sgt William Fleming, bomb aimer,
Sgt William Woosnam, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Sidney George Adams, air gunner,
Sgt Frederick Hugh Austin, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Lt Alan Arnold Emery, pilot,
Sgt Gerald Edwin McDonald, flight engineer,
Sgt James Kevin Barry Veal, navigator,
Sgt William Fleming, bomb aimer,
Sgt William Woosnam, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Sidney George Adams, air gunner,
Sgt Frederick Hugh Austin, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
