Date:	Sunday 10 August 1941
Time:	day
Type:	Lockheed Hudson Mk I
Owner/operator:	320 (NL) Sqn RAF
Registration:	N7396
MSN:	B14L-1795
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	3 miles West of Dunino, East Neuk, 10km South of St.Andrews, Fife -   United Kingdom
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Leuchars, Fife
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Lockheed Hudson N7396, 'NO-V' of 320 (Netherlands) Squadron, RAF: Written off destroyed 10.8.41 when crashed a few minutes after take off from RAF Leuchars; the twin engine aircraft hit a hill three miles West of Dunino, some 10 km south of Saint Andrews. The aircraft was wrecked and both crewmen were killed.

Crew of Hudson N7396
Sergeant Vlieger WILLEM HIJKOOP (Pilot, aged 23)
Sergeant Vlieger Anton Marie TEN HERKEL (Pilot Under Training, aged 22)

Both crew were Netherlands nationals; they arrived in the UK on 31.5.40 on the Netherlands vessel 'Batavier II' from Cherbourg, France, after escaping from the Netherlands on 16.5.40. Both were buried at Leuchars Cemetery in Fife.

Dunino is a village and parish in the East Neuk of Fife. It is 10 km from the nearest town, St Andrews, and 8 km from the fishing village of Anstruther.

1. Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1997)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR81/8197: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16757494
3. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/7511091/willem-hijkoop/
4. CWGC: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/7511120/anton-marie-ten-herkel/
5. http://www.veteraneninstituut.nl/media/med_view.asp?med_id=227
6. http://home.12move.nl/~sh470284/bestanden/hudson.pdf
7. Memorial to Crew: https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/57995
8. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-lockheed-l-414-hudson-dunino-2-killed
9. https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/name/1406982
10. https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/name/1406983
11. http://aircrewremembered.com/1941-08-10-loss-of-hudson-n7396-ten-herkel.html
12. http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/waf/neth/mld/types/hudson.htm
13. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunino

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
10-Dec-2008 08:33	ASN archive	Added
26-Jun-2013 11:48	rvargast17	Updated [Operator]
17-Feb-2014 15:45	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Departure airport]
03-Mar-2014 18:14	Nepa	Updated [Operator]
17-Oct-2018 05:23	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]
01-Apr-2022 17:52	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, Category]
01-Apr-2022 17:55	Dr. John Smith	Updated [Narrative]
01-Apr-2022 19:09	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator]