Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Genend: 6 killed
Date & Time:
May 24, 1943 at 0150 LT
Operator:
Registration:
JB862
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Middleton Saint George - Middleton Saint George
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2300LT on May 23 on an operation to Dortmund. Approaching Duisburg, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Genend, 12 km northwest of Duisburg. Six crew members were killed and the flight engineer became PoW.
Crew:
W/O Arthur Stanley Green, pilot, †
Sgt Francis Albert Dunn, flight engineer,
F/O Douglas Gartery, navigator, †
Sgt Alfred James Brockway, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Michael Arthur Harrison, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Joseph Fernard Jacques Pa Prieur, air gunner, †
F/Sgt George Robert Gowling, air gunner. †
Crew:
W/O Arthur Stanley Green, pilot, †
Sgt Francis Albert Dunn, flight engineer,
F/O Douglas Gartery, navigator, †
Sgt Alfred James Brockway, bomb aimer, †
Sgt Michael Arthur Harrison, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Joseph Fernard Jacques Pa Prieur, air gunner, †
F/Sgt George Robert Gowling, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
