Date & Time:
Jul 14, 1943 at 0140 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
DT769
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Leeming - Leeming
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
5
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 0008LT on an operation to Aachen. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed near Drunen. Five crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew (408 Sq):
F/O Alan Osborn Smuck, pilot, †
Sgt John Foggon, flight engineer, †
F/O James John Kelly, navigator,
Sgt Bryce Domigan, bomb aimer,
Sgt Robert Barneveld, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Douglas George McKay, air gunner, †
W/O David Lloyd George Brown, air gunner, †
Crew (408 Sq):
F/O Alan Osborn Smuck, pilot, †
Sgt John Foggon, flight engineer, †
F/O James John Kelly, navigator,
Sgt Bryce Domigan, bomb aimer,
Sgt Robert Barneveld, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Douglas George McKay, air gunner, †
W/O David Lloyd George Brown, air gunner, †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
