Date & Time:
May 20, 1942 at 0109 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
W7660
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Middleton Saint George - Middleton Saint George
Country:
Belgium
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 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.
