Date & Time:
May 14, 1943 at 0253 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
HR790
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Snaith - Snaith
Country:
Netherlands
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 Snaith at 2354LT on May 13 on an operation to Bochum. Outbound at an altitude of 16,000 feet, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed southwest of Wierden. Three crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O George William Hope Byres, pilot,
Sgt George Steer, flight engineer, †
F/O Robert Henry Stark, navigator,
Sgt Dennis John Emes, bomb aimer,
Sgt Richard Thomas Howell, wireless operator,
Sgt Clement Stringer, air gunner, †
F/Sgt John Arthur Charles Jacobs, air gunner. †
Crew:
P/O George William Hope Byres, pilot,
Sgt George Steer, flight engineer, †
F/O Robert Henry Stark, navigator,
Sgt Dennis John Emes, bomb aimer,
Sgt Richard Thomas Howell, wireless operator,
Sgt Clement Stringer, air gunner, †
F/Sgt John Arthur Charles Jacobs, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
