Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II off the Isle of Ré: 7 killed

Date & Time: Apr 6, 1943 at 2323 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
DT699
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Leeming - Leeming
Location:
Isle of Ré
Charente-Maritime
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2042LT to lay mines in the Cinnamon area, off La Rochelle. Last heard at 2323LT and probably crashed shortly later into the sea off Isle of Ré, west of La Rochelle. All seven crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O John Harvey Edwards, pilot,
Sgt Archibald Don Gordon, flight engineer,
F/Sgt Robert John Jones, navigator,
F/Sgt Reginald Victor Stuart, navigator,
Sgt Lionel Robert Wallace, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Floyd Roger Willis Anderson, air gunner,
F/Sgt Frank Duncan Roberts, air gunner.

Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax I off Isle of Ré

Date & Time: Jul 24, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax I
Operator:
Registration:
L9512
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Stanton Harcourt - Stanton Harcourt
Location:
Isle of Ré
Charente-Maritime
Country:
France
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Stanton Harcourt at 1036LT on an operation to La Pallice, west of La Rochelle. It was hit by the German Flak then shot down by a Me.109 and crashed into the sea north of the Isle of Ré. All six crew members were rescued and became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Ernest William Constable,
Sgt John Noel Gibson,
Sgt Allan Gillbanks,
F/Sgt Stanley Desmond Greaves,
Sgt Albert Henery,
Sgt Gordon Herbert Frank Ogden,
Sgt Wilfrid Campbell Walters.
Probable cause:
shot down by enemy fire.
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