Date & Time:
Apr 14, 1942 at 1535 LT
Type of aircraft:
Bristol 152 Beaufort
Operator:
Registration:
AW282
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Bu Amud - Luqa
MSN:
9960
YOM:
1941
Country:
Malta
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
2
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
2
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Bu Amud, Libya, on a flight to RAF Luqa with five crew members on board. On final approach to RAF Luqa, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed short of runway. Two crew members were killed and three others were injured.
Crew:
F/Sgt Stanley Ernest Howroyd, pilot,†
W/O Joseph Lee, observer, †
Sgt T. D. D'Arcy,
Sgt R. H. Pender,
Sgt E. Debenham.
Crew:
F/Sgt Stanley Ernest Howroyd, pilot,†
W/O Joseph Lee, observer, †
Sgt T. D. D'Arcy,
Sgt R. H. Pender,
Sgt E. Debenham.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
