Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson I into the North Sea: 4 killed
Date & Time:
May 22, 1940
Registration:
N7402
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Bircham Newton - Bircham Newton
MSN:
414-1798
YOM:
1940
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The twin engine airplane departed RAF Bircham Newton on a reconnaissance and anti-shipping patrol mission. It crashed in unknown circumstances into the North Sea. No trace was ever found.
Crew:
P/O Malcolm J. Giles, pilot,
P/O John A. Clark, pilot,
LAC Leonard J. Britton, observer,
AC1 James F. Peel, wireless operator and air gunner.
Crew:
P/O Malcolm J. Giles, pilot,
P/O John A. Clark, pilot,
LAC Leonard J. Britton, observer,
AC1 James F. Peel, wireless operator and air gunner.