Date & Time:
Jan 30, 1943 at 0009 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
DT623
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Middleton Saint George - Middleton Saint George
Country:
United Kingdom
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 Middleton Saint George at 1654LT on January 29 on an operation to Lorient. While returning to base the following night, shortly after midnight, it crash landed, wheels retracted. All seven crew members escaped uninjured.
Crew:
F/Lt A. P. Cranswick, pilot,
Sgt F. E. Johnston,
W/O W. McRobbie,
F/Sgt J. M. B. O'Connor,
F/Sgt D. McKenzie,
P/O J. C. Garton,
F/Sgt I. L. J. Howard, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Lt A. P. Cranswick, pilot,
Sgt F. E. Johnston,
W/O W. McRobbie,
F/Sgt J. M. B. O'Connor,
F/Sgt D. McKenzie,
P/O J. C. Garton,
F/Sgt I. L. J. Howard, air gunner.
