Date & Time:
Apr 13, 1942 at 0208 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
R9487
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
City
Schedule:
Middleton Saint George - Middleton Saint George
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
6
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Middleton St George at 2200LT on April 12 on an operation to Essen. Approaching Gelsenkirchen, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the city. Six crew members were killed while the observer became PoW.
Crew:
P/O Keith Francis Lloyd-Jones, pilot, †
F/O William Culmsee, pilot, †
P/O R. Fairclough, observer,
Sgt Harvey Ernest Hothersall, wireless operator, †
Sgt Philip Lawrence Wheeldon, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Richard William Albert Hawksworth, air gunner, †
Sgt Wallace Alfred Richard Moule, air gunner. †
Crew:
P/O Keith Francis Lloyd-Jones, pilot, †
F/O William Culmsee, pilot, †
P/O R. Fairclough, observer,
Sgt Harvey Ernest Hothersall, wireless operator, †
Sgt Philip Lawrence Wheeldon, wireless operator, †
F/Sgt Richard William Albert Hawksworth, air gunner, †
Sgt Wallace Alfred Richard Moule, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
