Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson V near Martindale: 4 killed
Date & Time:
Nov 10, 1942
Operator:
Registration:
AM680
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Silloth - Silloth
MSN:
414-2762
YOM:
1941
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The twin engine aircraft left RAF Silloth at 0050LT on a night navigation exercise. At 0114LT, the crew informed ground by radio he would call later, this was the last recorded message. The wreckage was found at the end of the afternoon of November 11, on the western slope of Mt Beda Head, south of Martindale. All four crew members were killed. At the time of the accident, the visibility was poor due to the night and the bad weather conditions.
Crew (1st OTU):
F/Sgt John Frederick Saunders, pilot,
F/O Derric Isaac Jones, navigator,
Sgt Stanley Alfred Veasey, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Harold Dickinson, wireless operator and air gunner.
Crew (1st OTU):
F/Sgt John Frederick Saunders, pilot,
F/O Derric Isaac Jones, navigator,
Sgt Stanley Alfred Veasey, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Harold Dickinson, wireless operator and air gunner.
