Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Hervest: 2 killed

Date & Time: Apr 3, 1943 at 2332 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
DT780
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse
Location:
Hervest
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1946LT on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Hervest. Two crew members were killed and six others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O George Riach, pilot, †
S/L Burton Jenner Bourchier, pilot,
Sgt Edward Charles Lacey, navigator,
Sgt William Ingles, bomb aimer,
Sgt Alfred Michael Parker, flight engineer, †
Sgt David Harold Howard, wireless operator,
Sgt A. Wright, air gunner,
Sgt Leon Lucien Stas, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Hervest: 4 killed

Date & Time: Apr 3, 1943 at 2332 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
W7805
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse
Location:
Hervest
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1926LT on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Hervest. Four crew members were killed and three others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt John Kershaw Howarth, pilot, †
Sgt William Charles Pitt, flight engineer, †
Sgt George Howard Egan, navigator,
Sgt Joseph William Sydney Blakey, bomb aimer,
F/O Percy William Digby, wireless operator, †
Sgt Frederick George Williams, air gunner, †
Sgt Howard Nelson Richards, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden I in Hervest: 4 killed

Date & Time: Jul 5, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.52 Hampden
Operator:
Registration:
AD986
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Coningsby - Coningsby
Location:
Hervest
North Rhine-Westphalia
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Coningsby at 2300LT on July 4 on an operation to Dortmund. It was shot down by enemy fire and crashed in Hervest. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Albert Edward Brownbill, pilot,
P/O Lorne Smith Christman, navigator,
Sgt Sidney Linley, wireless operator,
Sgt Stanley Carlton Morse, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by enemy fire.
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