ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 235303
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Date: | Friday 8 May 1942 |
Time: | 04:51 claim |
Type: | Lockheed Hudson Mk V |
Owner/operator: | 53 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | AM540 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Location: | North Sea 15 km W of Texel, Noord-Holland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF North Coates, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Hit by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Leopold Fellerer of the 5./NJG 2, who was flying a Bf 110.
The attack caused substantial damage to the aircraft's controls and instruments. Three of the crew were injured.
Crash-landed at RAF Langham, Norfolk, England.
The Hudson had taken off for a Rover patrol in the Dutch coastal area.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=AM540 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
20-Apr-2020 10:03 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
06-May-2022 08:08 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Total occupants, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
15-Jun-2022 05:30 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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