Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Asten: 6 killed
Date & Time:
Jul 14, 1943 at 0126 LT
Operator:
Registration:
HR905
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Gransden Lodge - Gransden Lodge
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Gransden Lodge at 2315LT on July 13 on an operation to Aachen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Asten. Six crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew (405 Sq):
S/L Denzil Lloyd Wolfe, pilot, †
F/O Donald John Smith, pilot,
Sgt Douglas Glenn Bebensee, flight engineer, †
F/Lt Roy Gordon Morrison, navigator, †
P/O Ernest Maurice Witt, bomb aimer, †
F/O George Glover McGladrey, wireless operator, †
F/O Douglas Milne Clarke, air gunner,
P/O Thomas Henry Navin Emerson, air gunner. †
Crew (405 Sq):
S/L Denzil Lloyd Wolfe, pilot, †
F/O Donald John Smith, pilot,
Sgt Douglas Glenn Bebensee, flight engineer, †
F/Lt Roy Gordon Morrison, navigator, †
P/O Ernest Maurice Witt, bomb aimer, †
F/O George Glover McGladrey, wireless operator, †
F/O Douglas Milne Clarke, air gunner,
P/O Thomas Henry Navin Emerson, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
