Date & Time:
Jul 14, 1943 at 0204 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
JB894
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Pocklington - Pocklington
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
6
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 0004LT on an operation to Aachen. Flying along the German-Dutch border, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed near Scherpenseel. Six crew members were killed and an air gunner survived and became PoW.
Crew (102 Sq):
Sgt Robert Glass Amos, pilot, †
Sgt John Richard Godfrey Smith, flight engineer, †
Sgt Basil Philip Dowthwaite, navigator, †
Sgt William Henry James Smith, bomb aimer, †
Sgt John Richard Fradley, wireless operator, †
Sgt Douglas Hawxwell Brown, air gunner,
Sgt John Raw, air gunner. †
Crew (102 Sq):
Sgt Robert Glass Amos, pilot, †
Sgt John Richard Godfrey Smith, flight engineer, †
Sgt Basil Philip Dowthwaite, navigator, †
Sgt William Henry James Smith, bomb aimer, †
Sgt John Richard Fradley, wireless operator, †
Sgt Douglas Hawxwell Brown, air gunner,
Sgt John Raw, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
