Date & Time:
Oct 2, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
W1116
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Melbourne - Melbourne
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
0
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Melbourne at 1841LT on an operation to Krefeld. Believed to have been shot down by the German Flak over the target area. All seven crew members parachuted to safety and became PoW.
Crew:
F/O Keith Abraham Baxter, pilot,
F/O Donald Scott Armstrong,
Sgt Cecil Melville Bradburn,
Sgt Henry George Clerke,
Sgt Howard Ralph Lang,
Sgt Arthur Frederick Shaw,
Sgt John Philip Stocks.
Crew:
F/O Keith Abraham Baxter, pilot,
F/O Donald Scott Armstrong,
Sgt Cecil Melville Bradburn,
Sgt Henry George Clerke,
Sgt Howard Ralph Lang,
Sgt Arthur Frederick Shaw,
Sgt John Philip Stocks.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
