Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II near Maarheeze: 3 killed
Date & Time:
May 31, 1942 at 0226 LT
Operator:
Registration:
W1042
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Leeming - Leeming
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Leeming at 2331LT on May 30 on an operation to Cologne. While overflying the Netherlands at night, it was shot down by a German fighter. The crew attempted to make an emergency landing in an open field when the aircraft stalled and crashed. Three crew members were killed and four others were injured and became PoW.
Sgt Antony Reginald Moore, pilot, †
Sgt Donald Leslie Thurlow, flight engineer,
W/O Lionel Raymond Silver, navigator,
Sgt John Archibald Ogden, bomb aimer,
Sgt Harry Ralph Stacey, wireless operator,
Sgt Marshall Frederick English, air gunner, †
Sgt Fred Walker, air gunner. †
Sgt Antony Reginald Moore, pilot, †
Sgt Donald Leslie Thurlow, flight engineer,
W/O Lionel Raymond Silver, navigator,
Sgt John Archibald Ogden, bomb aimer,
Sgt Harry Ralph Stacey, wireless operator,
Sgt Marshall Frederick English, air gunner, †
Sgt Fred Walker, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
