Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Efferen: 7 killed

Date & Time: Sep 7, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
W7767
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Melbourne - Melbourne
Location:
Efferen
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Melbourne at 0115LT on an operation to Duisburg. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Efferen, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
P/O Denys William Evan Morgan, pilot,
Cpl John Rice, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Angus McDonald Milne, observer,
Sgt Lawrence Eric Billings, observer,
Sgt Arthur Morris, wireless operator,
Sgt Ambrose James Henry, air gunner,
Sgt Harold James Loveday, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of an Avro 683 Lancaster I in Efferen: 7 killed

Date & Time: Aug 25, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Avro 683 Lancaster
Operator:
Registration:
R5662
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Syerston - Syerston
Location:
Efferen
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Syerston at 2120LT on August 20 on an operation to Frankfurt. Approaching Cologne, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Efferen. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/Cdr George Harcus Sheehan, pilot,
F/Sgt Noel Roy Meyer, pilot,
F/Sgt Benjamin John Davis, observer,
F/Sgt Joseph Mckay Atkinson, wireless operator,
Sgt Anthony Frederick Phillip Cursett-Sutherland, wireless operator,
Sgt John McCleary, air gunner,
Sgt Harold Ekin, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
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