Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II near Rossum: 6 killed
Date & Time:
Jun 13, 1943 at 0203 LT
Operator:
Registration:
DT568
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Snaith - Snaith
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 2334LT on June 12 on an operation to Bochum. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Rossum. Six crew members were killed while the pilot became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Charles Arthur Chambers, pilot,
F/O Ellis Ronald Midgley, copilot, †
Sgt Samuel Wood, flight engineer, †
F/O Arthur Trott, navigator, †
Sgt Arthur William Stevens, wireless operator, †
Sgt Melvin Lawrence Hutchins, air gunner, †
Sgt Arnold Roberts, air gunner. †
Crew:
Sgt Charles Arthur Chambers, pilot,
F/O Ellis Ronald Midgley, copilot, †
Sgt Samuel Wood, flight engineer, †
F/O Arthur Trott, navigator, †
Sgt Arthur William Stevens, wireless operator, †
Sgt Melvin Lawrence Hutchins, air gunner, †
Sgt Arnold Roberts, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
