Date & Time:
Jun 12, 1943 at 0212 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.63 Halifax V
Operator:
Registration:
DK200
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse
Country:
Germany
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 Linton-on-Ouse at 2254LT on June 11 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Approaching Dortmund, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in Scherlebeck. Three crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Dennis Stuart Phillips, pilot,
Sgt Geoffrey Cyril Bird, flight engineer,
Sgt John Hills, navigator,
Sgt George Allen Burdett, bomb aimer,
Sgt Norman William Stanley Clack, wireless operator,
Sgt Edgar Cadmore, air gunner,
Sgt Edward Walter Alfred Brice, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Sgt Dennis Stuart Phillips, pilot,
Sgt Geoffrey Cyril Bird, flight engineer,
Sgt John Hills, navigator,
Sgt George Allen Burdett, bomb aimer,
Sgt Norman William Stanley Clack, wireless operator,
Sgt Edgar Cadmore, air gunner,
Sgt Edward Walter Alfred Brice, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
