Date & Time: Nov 16, 1942 at 0330 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
DT522
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Martlesham Heath - Martlesham Heath
Location:
Martlesham Heath AFB
Suffolk
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
1
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 1723LT on November 15 on an operation to Genoa. While returning to base the following night, it ran out of fuel. The crew abandoned the airplane that crashed near RAF Martlesham Heath and was destroyed. Six crew members were injured and the pilot was drowned after he fell into the River Debden.
Crew:
F/Sgt Ronald Frederick Martin, pilot, †
Sgt S. Parish,
Sgt I. A. L. Lockhart,
Sgt C. L. Morton,
Sgt F. Sumner,
Sgt S. A. E. Parrish,
Sgt W. L. Turner.
Probable cause:
Fuel exhaustion.