Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II near Ovelgönne: 5 killed
Date & Time:
Jun 26, 1942 at 0221 LT
Operator:
Registration:
W1105
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2256LT on June 25 on an operation to Bremen. While cruising at an altitude of 14,000 feet, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed near Ovelgönne. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Herbert Gordon Badger Mays, pilot, †
Sgt Robert George Gumbley, flight engineer, †
Sgt Sydney John Harding, navigator,
P/O Ronald Harry Birch, bomb aimer,
P/O Stanley Frank Hazleton, wireless operator, †
Sgt Arthur John Selby, air gunner, †
Sgt Ronald Willis Fisher, air gunner. †
Crew:
F/O Herbert Gordon Badger Mays, pilot, †
Sgt Robert George Gumbley, flight engineer, †
Sgt Sydney John Harding, navigator,
P/O Ronald Harry Birch, bomb aimer,
P/O Stanley Frank Hazleton, wireless operator, †
Sgt Arthur John Selby, air gunner, †
Sgt Ronald Willis Fisher, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
