Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Welmbüttel: 8 killed
Date & Time:
Mar 30, 1943 at 0050 LT
Operator:
Registration:
DT744
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2148LT on March 29 on an operation to Berlin. The following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Welmbüttel, 30 southwest of Rendsburg. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Jack Harold Wetherly, pilot,
Sgt Arthur Henry James Whittle, pilot,
Sgt Clifford Harry Mitton, flight engineer,
P/O Archibald Hugh George Paxton, navigator,
F/Lt Herbert John Beck, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt John Ronald Orr, wireless operator,
Sgt Leonard Havenhand, air gunner,
Sgt Sidney Albert Bayfield, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Lt Jack Harold Wetherly, pilot,
Sgt Arthur Henry James Whittle, pilot,
Sgt Clifford Harry Mitton, flight engineer,
P/O Archibald Hugh George Paxton, navigator,
F/Lt Herbert John Beck, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt John Ronald Orr, wireless operator,
Sgt Leonard Havenhand, air gunner,
Sgt Sidney Albert Bayfield, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
