Date & Time:
May 28, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
JD152
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Elvington - Elvington
Country:
Germany
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 Elvington at 2239LT on May 27 on an operation to Essen. Approaching the target area from the north, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Lavesum, killing the entire crew.
Crew:
F/Sgt Francis John O'Grady, pilot,
Sgt Geoffrey Herbert Garrard, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Cecil Clarke, navigator,
F/O Bernard Christopher McGrath, navigator,
Sgt Wilfred Reginald Beadsmoore, wireless operator,
Sgt William Alfred Manning, air gunner,
Sgt Charles Basil Anderson, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Sgt Francis John O'Grady, pilot,
Sgt Geoffrey Herbert Garrard, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Cecil Clarke, navigator,
F/O Bernard Christopher McGrath, navigator,
Sgt Wilfred Reginald Beadsmoore, wireless operator,
Sgt William Alfred Manning, air gunner,
Sgt Charles Basil Anderson, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
