Date & Time:
Jul 4, 1943 at 0106 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
JD159
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Middleton Saint George - Middleton Saint George
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
3
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Middleton Saint George at 2230LT on July 3 on an operation to Cologne. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Muizen. Three crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Angus Hugh Bell, pilot, †
F/Sgt John Albert Anderson, pilot, †
P/O William Bryce Taylor, flight engineer, †
Sgt Arthur Owen Simpson, navigator,
F/Sgt Robert Omer Williston, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Joseph Douglas Henry Arseneau, wireless operator,
Sgt John Frederick Graham, air gunner,
Sgt George Edward Aitken, air gunner.
Crew:
P/O Angus Hugh Bell, pilot, †
F/Sgt John Albert Anderson, pilot, †
P/O William Bryce Taylor, flight engineer, †
Sgt Arthur Owen Simpson, navigator,
F/Sgt Robert Omer Williston, bomb aimer,
F/Sgt Joseph Douglas Henry Arseneau, wireless operator,
Sgt John Frederick Graham, air gunner,
Sgt George Edward Aitken, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
