Date & Time:
May 4, 1942 at 0238 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
R9391
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Croft - Croft
Country:
Germany
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
7
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
7
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Croft at 2305LT on May 3 on an operation to Hamburg. It was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea some 20 km off Juist. All 7 crew members were killed.
Crew:
S/L Albert John Drake Snow, pilot,
Sgt Eric Charles Smith, pilot,
Sgt Frederick Ross Mills, flight engineer,
F/O Edwin Charles Long Hebblethwaite, observer,
P/O John Robert Kennedy, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Percy Willoughby Davies, wireless operator,
Sgt Gilbert Murray Edwards, air gunner.
Crew:
S/L Albert John Drake Snow, pilot,
Sgt Eric Charles Smith, pilot,
Sgt Frederick Ross Mills, flight engineer,
F/O Edwin Charles Long Hebblethwaite, observer,
P/O John Robert Kennedy, wireless operator,
Sgt Thomas Percy Willoughby Davies, wireless operator,
Sgt Gilbert Murray Edwards, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
