Crash of a Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax I in Wustermark: 7 killed
Date & Time:
Jul 26, 1941
Operator:
Registration:
L9507
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Linton-on-Ouse - Linton-on-Ouse
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Linton-on-Ouse at 2242LT on July 25 on an operation to Berlin. Approaching the target area, it crashed in unknown circumstances in Wustermark, some 32 km west of Berlin. All seven occupants were killed.
Crew:
P/O Ernest Ronald Peter Shackle Cooper, pilot,
Sgt John Milne Rigg Cruickshank, pilot,
F/Sgt Robert Victor Collinge, observer,
F/Sgt Reginald Arthur Bates, air gunner,
F/Sgt Albert James Heller, wireless operator,
Sgt Douglas James Mennie, wireless operator,
Sgt Ernest Short.
Crew:
P/O Ernest Ronald Peter Shackle Cooper, pilot,
Sgt John Milne Rigg Cruickshank, pilot,
F/Sgt Robert Victor Collinge, observer,
F/Sgt Reginald Arthur Bates, air gunner,
F/Sgt Albert James Heller, wireless operator,
Sgt Douglas James Mennie, wireless operator,
Sgt Ernest Short.
