Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax III in Dinteloord: 7 killed
Date & Time:
Apr 25, 1944 at 0230 LT
Operator:
Registration:
LW506
Survivors:
No
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The crew was engaged in a bombing mission. While overflying The Netherlands by night, the aircraft went out of control and crashed in a pasture located in Dinteloord. All seven crewmen were killed.
Crew (640th Squadron):
P/O Reginald Earnshaw, pilot,
Sgt Charles Arthur Hensey, engineer,
Sgt Roger John Sampson, navigator,
Sgt William Mabon, radio operator,
F/S John Anthony Murphy, engineer,
Sgt William Alfred Pullen.
F/S John Riordan.
Crew (640th Squadron):
P/O Reginald Earnshaw, pilot,
Sgt Charles Arthur Hensey, engineer,
Sgt Roger John Sampson, navigator,
Sgt William Mabon, radio operator,
F/S John Anthony Murphy, engineer,
Sgt William Alfred Pullen.
F/S John Riordan.
