Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Sambeek: 7 killed
Date & Time:
Jun 12, 1943 at 0222 LT
Operator:
Registration:
W7932
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2223LT on June 11 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Sambeek, south of Boxmeer. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/O Frank Hemmings, pilot,
Sgt James Muir, flight engineer,
Sgt James Stone, navigator,
P/O William Charles Robert Foale, bomb aimer,
Sgt Alexander Shaw, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas William Reynold Daniel, air gunner,
Sgt David Montgomery, air gunner.
Crew:
W/O Frank Hemmings, pilot,
Sgt James Muir, flight engineer,
Sgt James Stone, navigator,
P/O William Charles Robert Foale, bomb aimer,
Sgt Alexander Shaw, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas William Reynold Daniel, air gunner,
Sgt David Montgomery, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
