Date & Time:
Mar 12, 1943
Type of aircraft:
Lockheed L-414 Hudson
Operator:
Registration:
FK621
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Mountains
Schedule:
Gibraltar - Hastings
Country:
Spain
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
4
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The crew was performing a flight from England to Hastings with an intermediate stop at Gibraltar. While approaching from the west, the twin engine aircraft hit the slope of a mountain near Algeciras, killing all four crew members.
Crew:
F/O B. W. Polson, pilot, 3.
Crew:
F/O B. W. Polson, pilot, 3.
