ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 65550
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| Date: | Sunday 27 June 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed Hudson Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 4 Sqn RNZAF |
| Registration: | NZ2025 |
| MSN: | 3845 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Missing south of Viti Levu -
 Fiji
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Nausori, Fiji |
Missing on ops.
On June 27, 1943 Hudson III (NZ2025) took off on a sortie to chase down and destroy a Japanese submarine. The mission had been hastily prepared, the navigator lacked experience and confidence, and the weather was bad. The weather and breakdowns in navigation and radio procedure led to the aircraft becoming lost. Repeated attempts to pass navigational assistance were unsuccessful and early in the evening the last radio transmission was an SOS message that the aircraft had run out of fuel and was going down. Searches were mounted but the crew were never found. The subsequent court of inquiry led to substantive changes in the management of navigational aids and mission preparation.
Flying Officer Alistair Parata, Sergeant Albert Moss, Warrant Officer Egbert Willis, Flight Sergeant George Billson, and Sgt Michael Horgan R.I.P.
Sources:
NZ Archives
NZ Serials
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jun-2009 18:31 | angels one five | Added |
| 04-Oct-2009 13:52 | angels one five | Updated |
| 17-Jan-2012 06:50 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jun-2013 03:16 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jul-2013 16:23 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 12-Sep-2013 02:49 | angels one five | Updated [Cn, Operator, Narrative] |
| 12-Sep-2013 02:50 | angels one five | Updated [Operator] |
| 12-Jun-2015 06:12 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 12-Jan-2018 06:50 | angels one five | Updated [Narrative] |
| 14-Nov-2018 16:32 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 08-Oct-2021 22:51 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Damage] |
| 27-Nov-2021 02:05 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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