Date & Time:
Jul 30, 1942 at 0251 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
R9442
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
6
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 2306LT on July 29 on an operation to Saarbrücken. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Corbais, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Ronald Francis Stone, pilot,
Sgt Maurice Alfred Barrett, flight engineer,
F/Sgt James Kirkwood, observer,
Sgt Eric Humphrey Williams, wireless operator,
Sgt Victor Henry Twining, air gunner,
F/Sgt Bernard Carroll, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Sgt Ronald Francis Stone, pilot,
Sgt Maurice Alfred Barrett, flight engineer,
F/Sgt James Kirkwood, observer,
Sgt Eric Humphrey Williams, wireless operator,
Sgt Victor Henry Twining, air gunner,
F/Sgt Bernard Carroll, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
