Date & Time: Jan 11, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Lockheed L-414 Hudson
Operator:
Registration:
AM863
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Training
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Silloth - Silloth
MSN:
414-2945
YOM:
1941
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
4
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
While on a training sortie from RAF Silloth, the twin engine aircraft crashed in unknown circumstances into the Solway Firth, few miles off shore. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O E. A. van den Bogaert,
F/O F. Schut,
Cpl B. Corporaal,
LAC A. F. Post.