Date & Time:
Jul 10, 1943 at 0122 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
JD126
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Elvington - Elvington
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 Elvington at 2309LT on July 9 on an operation to Gelsenkirchen. The following night, passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Arum, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Kenneth William Morrison, pilot,
Sgt William McElroy, flight engineer,
Sgt Edward Frederick Fare, navigator,
Sgt Andrew Thomson, bomb aimer,
Sgt Gilbert John Greening, wireless operator,
Sgt Kenneth Foster, air gunner,
Sgt Harry Williams, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Sgt Kenneth William Morrison, pilot,
Sgt William McElroy, flight engineer,
Sgt Edward Frederick Fare, navigator,
Sgt Andrew Thomson, bomb aimer,
Sgt Gilbert John Greening, wireless operator,
Sgt Kenneth Foster, air gunner,
Sgt Harry Williams, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
