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Date: | Friday 15 May 1942 |
Time: | 22:35-45 |
Type: | Lockheed Hudson Mk V |
Owner/operator: | 407 (Demon) Sqn RCAF |
Registration: | AM812 |
MSN: | RR-S |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | North Sea 20 km N of Terschelling, Friesland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Bircham Newton |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 20:37 hrs for a strike on an east-bound convoy off the Dutch Frisian islands & failed to return.
The aircraft was shot down by V 2002 or V 2003 or V 311 or M 19 or Bordflak merchant vessel 'Selje'.
Two of the crew are buried at Sage War Cemetery in Germany:
Pilot / F/Sgt. N.C. Doehn R/75646 RCAF / grave 3-F-1
Observer / P/O. S.R. Balden J/8602 RCAF / grave 3-F-3
Wireless Operator / F/Sgt. D. McDonald R/73761 RCAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 105
Air Gunner / Sgt. A.K. Hamilton RCAF / prisoner of war
Sources:
SGLO database -
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T1510D Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
407 Sqn war diaries with op records from RCAF historical microfilms confirming aircraft SN as AM812
P/O Balden's personnel file containing official loss report confirming aircraft serial as AM812
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
15-May-2017 15:30 |
TigerTimon |
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15-May-2017 15:31 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time] |
27-Jan-2018 11:19 |
TB |
Updated [Time, Operator, Narrative] |
20-Apr-2020 11:35 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
26-Feb-2022 16:25 |
tachel |
Updated [Registration, Source] |
13-May-2022 17:07 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
14-Jun-2022 23:41 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |