Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II in Marche-en-Famenne
Date & Time:
May 20, 1942 at 0109 LT
Operator:
Registration:
W7660
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Middleton Saint George - Middleton Saint George
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2235LT on May 19 on an operation to Mannheim. Over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Marche-en-Famenne. All seven crew members survived and became PoW.
Crew:
F/Sgt Frank Willis Anderson, pilot,
Sgt Edward Kerr Southward,
Sgt Cyril Ilian,
Sgt Rodney Haslam Baird,
Sgt Gerard Bert Gowers,
Sgt Antony Edward Redding,
Sgt Ray Arsene La Franchise.
Crew:
F/Sgt Frank Willis Anderson, pilot,
Sgt Edward Kerr Southward,
Sgt Cyril Ilian,
Sgt Rodney Haslam Baird,
Sgt Gerard Bert Gowers,
Sgt Antony Edward Redding,
Sgt Ray Arsene La Franchise.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
