Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Ter Idzard
Date & Time:
Sep 14, 1942 at 0430 LT
Operator:
Registration:
BB205
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
East Moor - East Moor
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF East Moor at 2354LT on September 13 on an operation to Bremen. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Ter Idzard. All seven crew members parachuted to safety and became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Frederick Caldwell, pilot,
Sgt Robert Henry Dawson Bren, flight engineer,
Sgt Clarence Albert Hunt, navigator,
Sgt John Joseph Reid, bomb aimer,
Sgt Reginald James Cantillon, wireless operator,
Sgt David Fozzard Readman, air gunner,
Sgt Leroy John Soper, air gunner.
Crew:
Sgt Frederick Caldwell, pilot,
Sgt Robert Henry Dawson Bren, flight engineer,
Sgt Clarence Albert Hunt, navigator,
Sgt John Joseph Reid, bomb aimer,
Sgt Reginald James Cantillon, wireless operator,
Sgt David Fozzard Readman, air gunner,
Sgt Leroy John Soper, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
