Date & Time:
Jun 2, 1942 at 0250 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
R9364
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Croft - Croft
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
6
Crew fatalities:
4
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Croft at 2303LT on June 1st on an operation to Essen. It was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed into the North Sea off the Dutch coast. Four crew members were killed and two others became PoW.
Crew:
P/O John Stephen Lawson, pilot, †
Sgt Ronald McGlen, flight engineer, †
F/Sgt Thomas Breech Miller, navigator,
Sgt Donald Edwin West, wireless operator, †
P/O Philip John Jones, air gunner,
Sgt William Thompson, air gunner. †
Crew:
P/O John Stephen Lawson, pilot, †
Sgt Ronald McGlen, flight engineer, †
F/Sgt Thomas Breech Miller, navigator,
Sgt Donald Edwin West, wireless operator, †
P/O Philip John Jones, air gunner,
Sgt William Thompson, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
