Date & Time:
Jun 29, 1943 at 0210 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
HR850
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Graveley - Graveley
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
8
Crew fatalities:
1
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Graveley at 2309LT on June 28 on an operation to Cologne. Near the target area, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Ülpenich, 34 km southwest of Cologne. The pilot was killed while seven other crew members became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt Nelson Alexander Cobb, pilot, †
F/O Leonard Whiteley, flight engineer,
Sgt Roland Hurlston Baldwin,
F/Sgt Charles Henry Bullock,
F/O David Archibald Codd,
F/Sgt Walter Palfrey Trask, bomb aimer,
F/O Mark Anthony Sachs, air gunner,
F/Sgt Jack Edward Stuart Matthews, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Lt Nelson Alexander Cobb, pilot, †
F/O Leonard Whiteley, flight engineer,
Sgt Roland Hurlston Baldwin,
F/Sgt Charles Henry Bullock,
F/O David Archibald Codd,
F/Sgt Walter Palfrey Trask, bomb aimer,
F/O Mark Anthony Sachs, air gunner,
F/Sgt Jack Edward Stuart Matthews, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
