Date & Time:
Jun 25, 1943 at 0217 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
JD144
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Pocklington - Pocklington
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
5
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 23008T on June 24 on an operation to Wuppertal. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Failon. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Kenneth Robert William Sheppard, pilot, †
Sgt Charles Rushton, flight engineer,
Sgt Albert George Tovey, navigator, †
Sgt William Robert Cole, bomb aimer,
Sgt Frank Gettings, wireless operator, †
Sgt James Jenkins MacDonald, air gunner, †
Sgt Matthew Henry Clack, air gunner. †
Crew:
F/Sgt Kenneth Robert William Sheppard, pilot, †
Sgt Charles Rushton, flight engineer,
Sgt Albert George Tovey, navigator, †
Sgt William Robert Cole, bomb aimer,
Sgt Frank Gettings, wireless operator, †
Sgt James Jenkins MacDonald, air gunner, †
Sgt Matthew Henry Clack, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
