Date & Time:
Apr 21, 1942 at 1402 LT
Type of aircraft:
Lockheed L-414 Hudson
Operator:
Registration:
AM782
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
North Coates - North Coates
MSN:
414-2864
YOM:
1941
Country:
Netherlands
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
5
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
5
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF North Coates at 1220LT on a 'Special Exercise Strike'. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Texel Island. All five crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/O Michael Gordon Boggon, pilot,
Sgt John Edgar Howell,
P/O Joseph Alexander St. Ours, wireless operator,
S/L John St. John Thomson,
Sgt Nathaniel White.
Crew:
F/O Michael Gordon Boggon, pilot,
Sgt John Edgar Howell,
P/O Joseph Alexander St. Ours, wireless operator,
S/L John St. John Thomson,
Sgt Nathaniel White.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
