ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 277174
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| Date: | Sunday 5 April 1942 |
| Time: | 10:40 LT |
| Type: |  Lockheed Hudson Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 407 (Demon) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | AM684 |
| MSN: | RR-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 700 metres off Hanstholm, Nordjylland -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bircham Newton |
At 10:40 the aircraft passed Hanstholm harbour in a southerly direction turning towards northwest to attack the Vorpostenboot Vp-2009 "Niedersachsen" which laid outside the harbour.
Light Flak from 4./MA-A 118 opened fire with 37 mm and 20 mm Flak. After 3 rounds from the 20 mm cannon and 3 rounds from the 37 mm cannon the Hudson was hit in a fuel cell by a 37 mm round and crashed into the sea 700 metres off Hanstholm from a altitude of 50 metres.
Pilot / F/Sgt Leo George Murphy RCAF / Frederikshavn cemetery
Observer / Sgt. Joseph F.H. La Freniere RCAF / Runnymede Memorial
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner / W/O II Samuel Douglas Dean RCAF / Frederikshavn cemetery
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner / F/Sgt Arthur Kenneth Hamilton RCAF / Frederikshavn cemetery (His body was found 22-07-1942 and burried 27-07-1942)
The Vorpostenboot was torpedoed and sunk by a MTB in the Schelde estuary off Westkapelle (the Netherlands) in August 1944.
Sources:
KT, T 501, CWGC, Ross McNeill, BF, KF. - via Søren C. Flensted (Airwar over Denmark)
https://www.missingsoldiersinthenetherlands40-45.com/missing-soldiers-in-the-netherlands-1940-1945-allied-german-and-axis/german-navy-forces-missing/vorpostenboote-vp-2009-niedersachsen/
Google Maps
http://www.flensted.eu.com/194206.shtml
Faldne allierede flyvere 1939-1945 (Anders Bjornvad)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Apr-2022 12:19 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 08-Apr-2024 14:15 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Apr-2024 18:50 | Anon. | Updated [Source] |
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