Date & Time:
Dec 3, 1942 at 0617 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
W7916
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Pocklington - Pocklington
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
3
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 0128LT on an operation to Frankfurt. While returning to base, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Couvron-et-Aumencourt. Three crew members were, three became PoW and two evaded.
Crew:
W/Cdr John Robert Andre Embling,
S/L John Greet Gordon Walkington, pilot, †
Sgt John Law, flight engineer, †
Sgt Ronald Cooper Arthur Douglas,
F/Sgt Lionel Cecil Fantini,
Sgt Harold Johnson,
P/O A. R. Haines,
Sgt Laurence Clifford Molloy, air gunner. †
Crew:
W/Cdr John Robert Andre Embling,
S/L John Greet Gordon Walkington, pilot, †
Sgt John Law, flight engineer, †
Sgt Ronald Cooper Arthur Douglas,
F/Sgt Lionel Cecil Fantini,
Sgt Harold Johnson,
P/O A. R. Haines,
Sgt Laurence Clifford Molloy, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
