Date & Time:
Oct 13, 1942 at 2318 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
W7870
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Melbourne - Melbourne
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
7
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Melbourne at 1834LT on an operation to Kiel. In the late evening, while returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the North Sea some 15 km north of the Schiermonnikoog Island. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O John David Lindsay, pilot,
F/O Raymond Sydney Braley,
F/Sgt Francis Xavier Joseph Dunajski,
Sgt Alfred Charles Girdlestone,
Sgt Robert Gregg,
F/Sgt Francis Joseph Hogan,
Sgt Alan George Langton, air gunner.
Crew:
F/O John David Lindsay, pilot,
F/O Raymond Sydney Braley,
F/Sgt Francis Xavier Joseph Dunajski,
Sgt Alfred Charles Girdlestone,
Sgt Robert Gregg,
F/Sgt Francis Joseph Hogan,
Sgt Alan George Langton, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
