Date & Time:
Jun 23, 1943 at 0239 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
DT700
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Elvington - Elvington
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
7
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Elvington at 2305LT on June 22 on an operation to Mülheim. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Schouwen-Duiveland Island. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt Colin Carswell Marshall, pilot,
Sgt William Frederick Eades, flight engineer,
Sgt Peter Mytton Thornycroft, navigator,
Sgt George Roland Hill, bomb aimer,
Sgt William Edward Hughes, wireless operator,
Sgt Gordon Robert Hazell, air gunner,
Sgt William Cecil Lewis, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Lt Colin Carswell Marshall, pilot,
Sgt William Frederick Eades, flight engineer,
Sgt Peter Mytton Thornycroft, navigator,
Sgt George Roland Hill, bomb aimer,
Sgt William Edward Hughes, wireless operator,
Sgt Gordon Robert Hazell, air gunner,
Sgt William Cecil Lewis, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
