Date & Time:
Jul 14, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
W7753
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
City
Schedule:
East Moor - East Moor
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
8
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF East Moor at 0005LT on an operation to Duisburg. Passing over Gelsenkirchen, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the city. All eight crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Leslie Elmer Bradbury, pilot,
Sgt Eric George Kendall, pilot,
Sgt Peter Roy, flight engineer,
Sgt Aubrey John Fromings, observer,
F/Sgt William James Smart, wireless operator,
Sgt Russell Walter Brindley, wireless operator,
Sgt William Walton, air gunner,
P/O Reginald Alfred Petherbridge, air gunner.
Crew:
P/O Leslie Elmer Bradbury, pilot,
Sgt Eric George Kendall, pilot,
Sgt Peter Roy, flight engineer,
Sgt Aubrey John Fromings, observer,
F/Sgt William James Smart, wireless operator,
Sgt Russell Walter Brindley, wireless operator,
Sgt William Walton, air gunner,
P/O Reginald Alfred Petherbridge, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
