Date & Time:
Jun 26, 1943 at 0201 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
HR731
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Snaith - Snaith
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
7
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Snaith at 2338LT on June 25 on an operation to Gelsenkirchen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the IJsselmeer some 20 km northeast of Hardewijk. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Anthony Osmond, pilot,
Sgt Brinley Huggan, flight engineer,
Sgt Geoffrey Charles Mortimer, navigator,
Sgt Thomas George Barton, bomb aimer,
Sgt Phillip Blundell, wireless operator,
Sgt John Emerson, air gunner,
Sgt James Rorison, air gunner.
Crew:
Sgt Anthony Osmond, pilot,
Sgt Brinley Huggan, flight engineer,
Sgt Geoffrey Charles Mortimer, navigator,
Sgt Thomas George Barton, bomb aimer,
Sgt Phillip Blundell, wireless operator,
Sgt John Emerson, air gunner,
Sgt James Rorison, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
