Date & Time:
Feb 14, 1943 at 2357 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
DT750
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Leeming - Leeming
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
1
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 1821LT on an operation to Cologne. On return to base, and while preparing to land, the port outer engine burst into flames and the port inner lost power. The pilot managed to gain 100 feet and five of the crew bailed out before the Halifax crash landed at 2357LT in Kirby Wiske, 6 km northwest of Soweby. The air gunner, an American, was among the five who bailed out, but he struck the ground before his parachute had full deployed and was killed.
Crew:
F/Lt R. H. Boosey, pilot,
Sgt D. C. Horner,
P/O P. E. Mitchell,
F/Sgt M. Samuels,
P/O P. R. Quance,
P/O D. W. Giblin,
F/O James Courtland Parker, air gunner. †
Crew:
F/Lt R. H. Boosey, pilot,
Sgt D. C. Horner,
P/O P. E. Mitchell,
F/Sgt M. Samuels,
P/O P. R. Quance,
P/O D. W. Giblin,
F/O James Courtland Parker, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Engine fire on approach.
