Date & Time:
May 5, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
JB903
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse
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 Linton-on-Ouse at 2238LT on April 4 on an operation to Dortmund. It was shot down by two German fighters and crashed into the sea 20 km southwest of Harlingen. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt Alan Charles Leppard, pilot,
Sgt Denis Norman Brown, flight engineer,
Sgt Victor Charles George Moody, navigator,
Sgt Ronald Boydell, bomb aimer,
Sgt Percy Edward Mellish, wireless operator,
Sgt Frank Moore, air gunner,
Sgt Charles Lowis, air gunner.
Crew:
Sgt Alan Charles Leppard, pilot,
Sgt Denis Norman Brown, flight engineer,
Sgt Victor Charles George Moody, navigator,
Sgt Ronald Boydell, bomb aimer,
Sgt Percy Edward Mellish, wireless operator,
Sgt Frank Moore, air gunner,
Sgt Charles Lowis, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by two German fighters.
