Date & Time: Oct 1, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
W7858
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Pocklington - Pocklington
Location:
Baltic Sea
World
Country:
World
Region:
World
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 Pocklington at 1757LT on an operation to Flensburg. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the Baltic sea off the German coast. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt D. S. Benner, pilot,
F/Sgt Richard Mathews,
Sgt D. H. Tarver,
Sgt S. G. E. Dunn,
Sgt R. J. Peters,
Sgt T. H. Parker,
Sgt G. H. Sadler.