ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 91246
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| Date: | Sunday 4 October 1942 |
| Time: | 07:18 |
| Type: |  Lockheed Hudson Mk IIIa |
| Owner/operator: | 521 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | FH379 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Bircham Newton, Norfolk, England -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bircham Newton, Norfolk |
Hudson IIIa FH379: Tookoff for a Rhombus mission. 04/10/1942.
The Rhombus sortie had been delayed by thick fog, but the aircraft captain eventually decided to attempt a take-off at 07:15 hrs. In fact thick fog still blanketed the airfield, and the aircraft appears to have started swinging to port during the take-off run. The plane had just taken off for a Rhombus mission in thick fog when it collided with the mast of a DF station which amputated a wing causing the aircraft to immediately crash and disintegrate. The collision sliced off the starboard wing and, as the aircraft crashed at 07:18 hrs, the tanks exploded engulfing the wreckage in flames.
Crew:
P/O (107784) Robert Clarke PORTER (Pilot) RAFVR: killed
Sgt (748136) John Edward HATHERLY (Nav.) RAFVR: killed
Sgt (1311082) Charles Ronald HAWKINS (WOp/AG) RAFVR: killed
Sgt (1310418) Ernest Roy HARRIS (WOp/AG) RAFVR: killed
W/O (523537) Ernest John KNIGHT (Nav. u/t) RAF: killed
Sources:
1.AIR81/18582
2.ORB 521 Sqdn RAF
3.ORB Bircham Newton RAF
4.CWGC
5.Tak pohnivole.
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