Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Mont Rigi
Date & Time:
Jul 10, 1943
Operator:
Registration:
HR933
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Lissett - Lissett
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lissett at 2309LT on July 9 on an operation to Gelsenkirchen. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Mont Rigi. All seven crew members became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt John Cameron Bridger, pilot,
Sgt Eric Walter Groom, flight engineer,
F/O William Percy Banks, navigator,
Sgt Basil Ronald Elden, bomb aimer,
Sgt Jack Geoffrey Scudamore, wireless operator,
Sgt Ronald Rake, air gunner,
Sgt G. E. Kendrick, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Lt John Cameron Bridger, pilot,
Sgt Eric Walter Groom, flight engineer,
F/O William Percy Banks, navigator,
Sgt Basil Ronald Elden, bomb aimer,
Sgt Jack Geoffrey Scudamore, wireless operator,
Sgt Ronald Rake, air gunner,
Sgt G. E. Kendrick, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
