Date & Time:
Oct 2, 1942 at 2249 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
DG228
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
City
Schedule:
Topcliffe - Topcliffe
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
7
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
2
Total fatalities:
9
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Topcliffe at 1826LT on an operation to Krefeld. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed on a farm located in Noordwijkerhout. All seven crew members as well as two children in the farm were killed. Two other people on the ground were injured.
Crew:
W/O Edward Warren Murphy, pilot,
F/Sgt David George Hackett, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Maxwell Ben-Hertz, observer,
Sgt George Henry Shannon, observer,
Sgt Sidney Messham, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Charles Joseph Neubert, air gunner,
F/Sgt Lionel Harry Williams, air gunner.
Crew:
W/O Edward Warren Murphy, pilot,
F/Sgt David George Hackett, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Maxwell Ben-Hertz, observer,
Sgt George Henry Shannon, observer,
Sgt Sidney Messham, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Charles Joseph Neubert, air gunner,
F/Sgt Lionel Harry Williams, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
