Date & Time:
Apr 28, 1942 at 0024 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
W7653
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Dalton - Dalton
Country:
Belgium
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
3
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Dalton at 2138LT on April 27 on an operation to Cologne. Passing over Belgium, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Hamois. Three crew members were killed and four others became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Lawrence William Carr, pilot,
F/Sgt James William Ralston, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Kenneth Robinson, flight engineer, †
Sgt Ronald Barry Shoebridge,
Sgt James Garroway, wireless operator, †
Sgt Iorwerth Edwards, wireless operator, †
Sgt George Henry Lee.
Crew:
Sgt Lawrence William Carr, pilot,
F/Sgt James William Ralston, pilot,
Sgt Thomas Kenneth Robinson, flight engineer, †
Sgt Ronald Barry Shoebridge,
Sgt James Garroway, wireless operator, †
Sgt Iorwerth Edwards, wireless operator, †
Sgt George Henry Lee.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
