Date & Time:
Apr 13, 1942 at 0030 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
R9452
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Middleton Saint George - Middleton Saint George
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
0
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2159LT on April 12 on an operation to Essen. During the takeoff roll, the airplane collided with a dispersal platform, losing part of the undercarriage. The pilot managed to keep control after jettisoning the bombs and using up fuel, the crew bailed out leaving the aircraft that dove into the ground and crashed in Hunmanby. All seven crew members parachuted to safety.
Crew:
F/Sgt J. N. Hobbs, pilot,
Sgt Butler, flight engineer,
Sgt Harold David Jones, navigator,
F/Sgt Rooney, bomb aimer,
Sgt William Hustler Charlesworth, wireless operator,
Sgt Roberts, air gunner,
Sgt R. Davidson, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Sgt J. N. Hobbs, pilot,
Sgt Butler, flight engineer,
Sgt Harold David Jones, navigator,
F/Sgt Rooney, bomb aimer,
Sgt William Hustler Charlesworth, wireless operator,
Sgt Roberts, air gunner,
Sgt R. Davidson, air gunner.
