ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 192440
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| Date: | Saturday 25 April 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Northrop N-3PB |
| Owner/operator: | 330 (Norw.) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | 301 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hvalsfjord -
 Iceland
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Reykjavik |
Floatplane N-3PB, 301 GS-A, failed to return after a sortie sweep in an area between Snæfellsnes and Reykjanes on Iceland’s west coast. The patrol area also covered Hvalfjörður. When the aircraft failed to return by 0955, an extensive search was initiated with five aircraft, but they failed to locate the missing plane or its crew. Poor weather was a contributing factor and engine failure may have been a cause, but not confirmed. The crash took the lives of the 330 Sqn CO and two crewmen:
Kapt. Hans Andreas Bugge
Kvm. Fridtjof Glør Whist and
Kvm. Ståle Haukland Pedersen
R.I.P.
Sources:
http://www.luftwaffe.no/Table2.htm
http://archive.is/20140421124921/aces.safarikovi.org/victories/casuality_register-norway-1941-1945.html#selection-6993.0-6993.24
https://www.key.aero/article/early-wartime-adventures-no-330-norwegian-squadron-raf
https://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Bugge,_Hans_Andreas
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Jan-2017 10:52 | gerard57 | Added |
| 12-Nov-2018 18:02 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 07-Feb-2020 10:45 | Iwosh | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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