ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 181370
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| Date: | Friday 11 September 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed Hudson Mk IIIa |
| Owner/operator: | 233 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | FH398 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | between Tarifa and Algeciras -
 Spain
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Gibraltar |
On 11 September 1942, 233 Sqn RAF flew 9 operational sorties from its base of Gibraltar: 6 anti-submarine sweeps, 2 convoy escorts and one submarine hunt. One of the aircraft, the first to take-off, did not return. The Hudson IIIa FH398 took off at 0632 hrs for an anti-submarine sweep west of Gibraltar but flew into hill in bad weather in position 36°05' N 05°31' W, between Tarifa and Algeciras, and blew up without survivor.
Crew (all killed):
Sqn Ldr Thomas Waddington (pilot)
Plt Off Henry Charles Johnson (radio operator)
Plt Off Gordon Alfred Kenyon (observer)
Flt Sgt Thomas Mcmury Moore (air gunner)
Sources:
ORB 233 Sqn RAF, September 1942 (AIR 27/1431)
http://incidentessgm.blogspot.com/2013/11/lockheed-hudson.html
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?5161-RAF-Losses-233-40-and-75-sqn
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=FH398
https://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=36.083333&lon=-5.516667&z=14
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Nov-2015 19:33 | TB | Added |
| 13-Sep-2021 16:24 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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