Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Mortefontaine: 1 killed
Date & Time:
Nov 22, 1942 at 2000 LT
Operator:
Registration:
DT572
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Melbourne - Melbourne
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Melbourne at 1734LT on an operation to Stuttgart. Over France, it was shot down by the German Flak and crash landed in Mortefontaine, bursting into flames. A crew was killed and six others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Owen Sydney Rogers Collett, pilot,
F/O Alexander Paterson Douglas, navigator,
Sgt James Maher, mechanic,
W/O Stanley Jenson, radio operator, †
Sgt Allison Norrie Ross, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Walter Norman Hogg, air gunner,
Sgt Alfred Leslie Rathburn, air gunner.
Crew:
P/O Owen Sydney Rogers Collett, pilot,
F/O Alexander Paterson Douglas, navigator,
Sgt James Maher, mechanic,
W/O Stanley Jenson, radio operator, †
Sgt Allison Norrie Ross, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Walter Norman Hogg, air gunner,
Sgt Alfred Leslie Rathburn, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
