Date & Time:
Mar 27, 1943 at 2231 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
HR753
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
City
Schedule:
Lissett - Lissett
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
2
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Lissett at 2001LT on an operation to Berlin. Over Bremen, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed at the main railway station. Two crew members were killed and five others became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Edward Charles Hibburt, pilot, †
Sgt William Henry Penrose, flight engineer, †
Sgt Joseph Bertram Kelly, navigator,
P/O Harry Bostock Pearson, bomb aimer,
Sgt John Granville Hawkesworth, wireless operator,
Sgt Raymond Douglas Harding, air gunner,
F/Sgt Michael Briton Budd, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Sgt Edward Charles Hibburt, pilot, †
Sgt William Henry Penrose, flight engineer, †
Sgt Joseph Bertram Kelly, navigator,
P/O Harry Bostock Pearson, bomb aimer,
Sgt John Granville Hawkesworth, wireless operator,
Sgt Raymond Douglas Harding, air gunner,
F/Sgt Michael Briton Budd, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
