ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52879
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Date: | Saturday 30 May 1942 |
Time: | 01:09-10 |
Type: | Lockheed Hudson Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 59 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | AM842 |
MSN: | TR-S |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | North Sea 20 km N of Terschelling, Friesland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF North Coates |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 23:03 hrs for a strike on a convoy near the Dutch Frisian islands.
During the attack, the aircraft was shot down by convoy 277.
Two of the crew are missing in action:
Pilot W/Cdr. R.H. Niven DFC 37627 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 64
Observer F/O. D.J. Richards 403624 RAAF / Sage War Cemetery in Germany
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Sgt. J. Howarth 553931 RAF / Schiermonnikoog (Vredenhof) cemetery; grave 80
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner P/O. J.J. Reilly J/6970 RCAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 101
Sources:
SGLO database -
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T1526 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
29-May-2017 14:28 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
16-Feb-2018 18:04 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
20-Apr-2020 17:55 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
16-May-2022 08:50 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
14-Jun-2022 23:42 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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