Crash Site Handley Page Halifax II LQ-V

A Canadian Halifax bomber crashed at this site on 3 April 1943. The aircraft was shot down by a German night fighter during a mission to Essen.

Of the seven crew members, five (pilot William James McAlpine, Howard McQueen, Floyd Edward Luxford, John Day White and Joseph Walter Halikowski) were killed in the crash near De Lijnbraak in Vierlingsbeek. The 2 air gunners, William Laurence Murphy and Ernest Bradley, managed to jump out of the burning aircraft and save their lives, but were subsequently captured by the Germans.

An information board was installed on 6 April in the presence of the Canadian ambassador and surviving relatives of the crew.

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Source

• Text: TracesOfWar
• Photos: Martin Damen