ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 306178
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| Date: | Thursday 17 September 1942 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: | Northrop N-3PB |
| Owner/operator: | 330 (Norw.) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | 302 |
| MSN: | 302 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | nr Vattarnes Sea Cliffs -
 Iceland
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Búdareyri |
| Búdareyri |
Floatplane N-3PB 302, coded GS-N, left Búdareyri together with 320 GS-U for a submarine patrol off Iceland’s east coast. A dense fog moved in from the ocean and both floatplanes were ordered back to base. With the fog almost down to sea level, aircraft 302 attempted to fly up the Reyðarfjörður back to Búdareyri but crashed into a hill on the Vattarnes Peninsula, near the Vattarnes Sea Cliffs. The three crew were killed in the crash. The second aircraft, 320, returned safely to base.
Killed in the crash.
Fnr. Eilif Christion von Krogh
Kvm. Skjalg Tormod Liljedal
Kvm. Kristian Charles Sivertsen
Sources:
https://archive.is/aiSBi
https://stridsminjar.is/en/a-list-of-crash-sites-by-year/incidents-in-1942/69-northrop-vattarnes-reydharfjoerdhur-september-17-1942
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