Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson V off Rottumeroog Island: 4 killed

Date & Time: Nov 5, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
AE655
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
414-3008
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane was engaged in a maritime patrol flight when it crashed in unknown circumstances in the Waddenzee off Rottumeroog Island. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O James Francis Codville, pilot,
F/Sgt Francis Thomas James, observer,
F/Sgt Richard Leonard Armsby, wireless operator,
Sgt Guy Nelson Bryan, wireless operator.

Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson V in Tupper Lake: 3 killed

Date & Time: Oct 25, 1941 at 1110 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
AM886
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Debert - Montreal - Kingston - Debert
MSN:
414-2968
YOM:
1941
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Captain / Total flying hours:
152
Captain / Total hours on type:
40.00
Circumstances:
The crew departed Debert Airfield on a final cross country training flight. After a stop at Montreal-Dorval, Quebec, and Kingston Airport, Ontario, the crew was returning to base at Debert when he encountered poor weather conditions with snow falls. The airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in a marshy field located in Tupper Lake. All three crew members were killed.
Crew:
Probable cause:
The accident was the consequence of:
- The pilot stalled the aircraft at a low altitude causing the commencement of a spin which resulted in the aircraft striking the water and crashing.
- The pilot became lost in bad weather and in attempting to pinpoint his position or seek a place on which to land he inadvertently stalled the aircraft.
Final Report:

Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson V off Cherbourg: 4 killed

Date & Time: Oct 24, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
AM862
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Thorney Island - Thorney Island
MSN:
414-2944
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Thorney Island on a reconnaissance photo operation over Cherbourg. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Flak and crashed in the harbor of Cherbourg. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Lt David Adye Buchan, pilot,
Sgt Patrick Godfrey Thompson, observer,
Sgt Richard Elwyd French, wireless operator,
Sgt Arthur Stringer, wireless operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.

Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson V in Montreal: 4 killed

Date & Time: Oct 23, 1941 at 1200 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
AM895
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Site:
Schedule:
Debert - Debert
MSN:
414-2977
YOM:
1941
Location:
Country:
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Captain / Total flying hours:
248
Captain / Total hours on type:
73.00
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a training flight on behalf of the 31st Operational Training Unit and was on the final of a long distance exercise. While returning to Debert Airport, Nova Scotia, the crew encountered an unexpected situation and the pilot decided to divert to Montreal-Dorval Airport. On approach, he lost control of the airplane that crashed on a barn located in Cartierville, some 6 km north of the airfield. The airplane was destroyed by fire and all four occupants were killed.
Crew (31st OTU):
P/O John Fisher Boyd, pilot,
P/O Alan Ewart Gilbert Wainwright, navigator,
Sgt Abie Kirsch, wireless operator.
Passenger:
LAC A. J. Morris.
Probable cause:
It is believed that the pilot being forced to fly at a low altitude due to adverse weather conditions while attempting to approach the Dorval Airport, failed to see the barn and crashed onto it. Or that the pilot stalled the aircraft, commenced a spin and crashed into the barn.
Final Report:

Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson V in Great Village: 4 killed

Date & Time: Oct 23, 1941 at 0730 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
AM896
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Debert - Debert
MSN:
414-2978
YOM:
1941
Country:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Captain / Total flying hours:
233
Captain / Total hours on type:
42.00
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a final long distance exercise prior to an Atlantic ferry flight to UK. The twin engine airplane was on approach to Debert Airfield when it went out of control and disintegrated in a field located in Great Village, some 10 km west of Debert. All four crew members were killed.
Crew (31st OTU):
P/O Charles Beeching O'Hanley, pilot,
P/O Richard Aubrey Luard, navigator,
Sgt Robert Frederick Kelly, wireless operator,
Sgt Norman Leonard Hornsey.
Probable cause:
The cause of the accident could not be determined.
Final Report:

Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson in Dartmouth

Date & Time: Oct 15, 1941 at 1345 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
777
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Dartmouth - Dartmouth
MSN:
414-1781
YOM:
1940
Country:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Captain / Total flying hours:
329
Captain / Total hours on type:
329.00
Copilot / Total flying hours:
56
Copilot / Total hours on type:
56
Circumstances:
The airplane was engaged in a navigation exercise at RCAF Dartmouth, carrying four crew members. During the takeoff roll, the airplane swung and ground looped, causing the undercarriage to collapse. The airplane came to halt, caught fire and exploded. All four crew members were seriously injured.
Crew:
Sgt D. F. Quirt, pilot,
P/O P. W. Porter, navigator,
LAC G. C. Merrill, wireless operator,
P/O F. H. Lashley, navigator.
Probable cause:
The exact cause of the accident could not be determined as the results of the Court of inquiry was not received.
Final Report:

Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson I at Kaldaðarnes AFB

Date & Time: Oct 11, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
T9419
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Kaldaðarnes - Kaldaðarnes
MSN:
414-2454
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Circumstances:
On approach to Kaldaðarnes AFB, while completing a training mission, the twin engine airplane undershot the runway and crashed. The crew escaped uninjured and the airplane was damaged beyond repair.

Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson III in Heliopolis: 8 killed

Date & Time: Oct 5, 1941
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
P5164
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
No
MSN:
414-1853
YOM:
1940
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
4
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
8
Circumstances:
After takeoff from Heliopolis Airport, while climbing, the airplane suffered an engine failure. It stalled and crashed near the district of El-Abaseya, west of the airport. All eight occupants were killed, among them Major General V. V. Pope.
Crew:
Sgt Frank Deryck Ward, pilot,
Sgt Lucien Georges Levy,
Sgt Brian Chadwick Gray,
LAC Charles Chapman.
Passengers:
Maj Gen V. V. Pope,
Brig E. S. Unwin,
Brig H. E. Russel,
Ctn G. R. Amery.
Probable cause:
Engine failure after takeoff.

Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson V off Le Havre: 4 killed

Date & Time: Oct 3, 1941 at 2000 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
AM704
Flight Phase:
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Thorney Island - Thorney Island
MSN:
414-2786
YOM:
1941
Country:
Region:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Thorney Island at 1909LT on a maritime patrol flight. Approaching the French coast, it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed into the sea off Le Havre. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
P/O Charles Fraser Rogerson, pilot,
P/O Robert Arban Gee, observer,
Sgt Arthur Simpson Riddell, radio operator,
F/Sgt Michael Leslie Sharpe, air gunner.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Marine Flak.

Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson I in Shearwater

Date & Time: Oct 3, 1941 at 0605 LT
Type of aircraft:
Operator:
Registration:
773
Flight Phase:
Flight Type:
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Shearwater - Shearwater
MSN:
414-1772
YOM:
1940
Country:
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
0
Captain / Total flying hours:
311
Copilot / Total flying hours:
56
Circumstances:
When the tail came up on takeoff, the starboard wing went down. 200 yards short of the end of the runway, the pilot closed the throttles and uses brake. At this time, the aircraft was travelling at a speed of 60-70 knots. The aircraft hit a ditch with its port wing that was crumpled and came to rest, bursting into flames. The fire extinguisher was used with no effect. All four crew members evacuated safely, among them two were slightly injured. The aircraft blew up.
Crew:
Sgt D. F. Quirt, pilot,
Sgt D. E. McInnis, navigator,
LAC G. C. Merrill, wireless operator,
Sgt H. F. Taylor, air gunner.
Final Report: