Date & Time:
Jun 9, 1942 at 0345 LT
Type of aircraft:
Handley Page H.P.57 Halifax II
Operator:
Registration:
W7708
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Pocklington - Pocklington
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
0
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Pocklington at 2257LT on June 8 on an operation to Essen. While returning to base the following night, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed in Bruchem. All seven crew members became PoW.
Crew:
F/Lt John Angus Maclean, pilot,
Sgt F. Shields, flight engineer,
P/O James Chrystall Wernham, observer,
Sgt William John Forbes, bomb aimer,
Sgt William Cameron Kerr, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Gilbert Bailey Porter, air gunner,
F/Sgt Harry Olsen, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Lt John Angus Maclean, pilot,
Sgt F. Shields, flight engineer,
P/O James Chrystall Wernham, observer,
Sgt William John Forbes, bomb aimer,
Sgt William Cameron Kerr, wireless operator,
F/Sgt Gilbert Bailey Porter, air gunner,
F/Sgt Harry Olsen, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
