Date & Time:
Apr 29, 1943 at 0129 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
JB923
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Middleton Saint George - Middleton Saint George
Country:
Denmark
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 Middleton St George at 2042LT on April 28 for mine laying duties in the Silverthorne area. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea west of Hirtshals. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
W/O George Kenneth Alfred Smallwood, pilot,
Sgt James Arthur Laurence Allan, flight engineer,
F/Sgt John William Carley, navigator,
W/O James Michael Barry O'Connor, bomb aimer,
W/O James Gordon Acker, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Lloyd Joseph Charles Murphy, air gunner,
F/Sgt Robert Russell Gourde, air gunner.
Crew:
W/O George Kenneth Alfred Smallwood, pilot,
Sgt James Arthur Laurence Allan, flight engineer,
F/Sgt John William Carley, navigator,
W/O James Michael Barry O'Connor, bomb aimer,
W/O James Gordon Acker, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Lloyd Joseph Charles Murphy, air gunner,
F/Sgt Robert Russell Gourde, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
