Date & Time:
Jun 12, 1943 at 0124 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
HR788
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Snaith - Snaith
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 Snaith at 2351LT on June 11 on an operation to Düsseldorf. Passing over the Netherlands, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the Eastern Scheldt, south of Sint-Maartensdijk. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt James John Anderson, pilot,
Sgt George Luff, flight engineer,
Sgt Anthony Ribour Helliwell, navigator,
Sgt Albert Edwin Brodie, bomb aimer,
Sgt David Glassman, wireless operator,
Sgt Frederick John Biddle, air gunner,
Sgt George Edward Evans, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Sgt James John Anderson, pilot,
Sgt George Luff, flight engineer,
Sgt Anthony Ribour Helliwell, navigator,
Sgt Albert Edwin Brodie, bomb aimer,
Sgt David Glassman, wireless operator,
Sgt Frederick John Biddle, air gunner,
Sgt George Edward Evans, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
