Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Hangest-sur-Somme: 7 killed
Date & Time:
Nov 22, 1942 at 1930 LT
Operator:
Registration:
W7914
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Pocklington - Pocklington
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 1732LT on an operation to Stuttgart. About two hours later, after passing the French coast, the crew apparently attempted an emergency landing for unknown reasons when the airplane crashed in a field located in Hangest-sur-Somme, 19 km northwest of Amiens, bursting into flames. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Geoffrey Bernard Herbert King, pilot,
Sgt Herbert Thomas Cheetham, flight engineer,
F/O Thomas Henry Follett, navigator,
Sgt John Nicholson, bomb aimer,
Sgt Harold Clarkson, wireless operator,
Sgt Derrick Johnson, air gunner,
Sgt Frederick Ralph Thompson, air gunner.
Crew:
F/O Geoffrey Bernard Herbert King, pilot,
Sgt Herbert Thomas Cheetham, flight engineer,
F/O Thomas Henry Follett, navigator,
Sgt John Nicholson, bomb aimer,
Sgt Harold Clarkson, wireless operator,
Sgt Derrick Johnson, air gunner,
Sgt Frederick Ralph Thompson, air gunner.
