STEVE CARLE COLLECTION
No. 13179. Handley Page H.P.59 Halifax B.Mk.II Srs.I (W7676 c/n 227) Royal Air Force
Photographed over the UK, May 1942
APS No. 1384

Handley Page H.P.59 Halifax B.Mk.II Srs.I

08/31/2017. Remarks by Johan Visschedijk: "This aircraft was with 35 Squadron RAF. In the evening of August 28, 1942 it left its base RAF Gravely, ca. 5 mls (8 km) south of Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, UK, for a raid on Nuremberg, Germany. Some 185 mls (300 km) from base the aircraft crashed into the estuary of the Westerschelde, the Netherlands, all seven crew were killed."


Created August 31, 2017