Date & Time: May 15, 1942 at 2255 LT
Type of aircraft:
Lockheed L-414 Hudson
Operator:
Registration:
AE525
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Docking - Docking
MSN:
414-3880
YOM:
1941
Location:
Terschelling
Friesland
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
4
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Docking at 2050LT for a strike on an east-bound convoy off the Dutch Frisian islands. Approaching the target area, it was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crashed into the sea, some 20 km north of Terschelling. All four crew members were killed.
Crew (320th Squadron):
F/O J. Stork,
2nd Lt J. M. Mulder,
Sgt A. L. Sens,
AC1 E. de Weerd.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Marine Flak.