Date & Time:
Feb 26, 1943 at 2117 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
HR669
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Pocklington - Pocklington
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 Pocklington at 1853LT on an operation to Cologne. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
Sgt Michael Gerrard Gibbons, pilot,
Sgt Henry Easton Bradshaw, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Edward Russell, flight engineer,
Sgt Louis John Langham, navigator,
Sgt John Leslie Wilson, bomb aimer,
P/O Leonard James Dowdall, wireless operator,
Sgt Dennis Stanley Richings, air gunner,
Sgt John William Hunt, air gunner.
Crew:
Sgt Michael Gerrard Gibbons, pilot,
Sgt Henry Easton Bradshaw, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Edward Russell, flight engineer,
Sgt Louis John Langham, navigator,
Sgt John Leslie Wilson, bomb aimer,
P/O Leonard James Dowdall, wireless operator,
Sgt Dennis Stanley Richings, air gunner,
Sgt John William Hunt, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
