Crash Site Handley Page Halifax Mk VII NP741 OP-K

On 12 September 1944 at about 13:45, the Handley Page Halifax of 429 Squadron RCAF crashed at the Weedeweg in Dordrecht. The aircraft had left RAF Linton-on-Ouse a few hours earlier for a mission to Wanne Eickel, Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and was hit by FLAK fire over the Eiland van Dordrecht. The seven crew members managed to leave the aircraft by parachute. The pilot Percy Buck was already wounded and died of his injuries the same day. The remaining crew members were made prisoners of war.

The crew of the aircraft consisted of:

Flying Officer P.L Buck RCAF, killed
Sergeant H.P. Rose RAF, PoW
Flying Officer R.W. Walter RCAF PoW
Flying Officer W. Sloan RCAF PoW
Flight Sergeant P.S. Twynam PoW
Flight Sergeant K.J. Dugdale RCAF PoW
Flight Sergeant J.M. De Luca RCAF PoW

The museum Dordrecht 40-45 pays attention to this crash including a display case containing some of the crew's belongings.

The location is approximate. There is no memorial recalling this event.

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Source

• Photos: Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=751869 (1), Jan de Jager (2, 3, 4, 5)
• - https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/50144