Date & Time:
Apr 21, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
DT628
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Snaith - Snaith
Country:
Denmark
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 Snaith at 2123LT on an operation to Szczecin. Passing over Denmark, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Halsskov, killing the entire crew of eight.
Crew:
Sgt Bruce Thomas Brett, pilot,
Sgt Deryk Bramley Martin, pilot,
Sgt Cyril John Waring, flight engineer,
Sgt Roland Felix Lyster, navigator,
P/O Ronald Haigh Glover, bomb aimer,
Sgt Peter Shortland, wireless operator,
Sgt Clifford Vandy, air gunner,
Sgt Alexander Barrie, air gunner.
Crew:
Sgt Bruce Thomas Brett, pilot,
Sgt Deryk Bramley Martin, pilot,
Sgt Cyril John Waring, flight engineer,
Sgt Roland Felix Lyster, navigator,
P/O Ronald Haigh Glover, bomb aimer,
Sgt Peter Shortland, wireless operator,
Sgt Clifford Vandy, air gunner,
Sgt Alexander Barrie, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
