Date & Time:
Feb 14, 1943 at 2326 LT
Type of aircraft:
Lockheed L-414 Hudson
Operator:
Registration:
771
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Military
Survivors:
No
Site:
Plain, Valley
Schedule:
Torbay – Dartmouth
MSN:
414-2853
YOM:
1941
Country:
Canada
Region:
North America
Crew on board:
3
Crew fatalities:
3
Pax on board:
3
Pax fatalities:
3
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
6
Circumstances:
The crew departed Torbay on a flight to Darmouth. While on a night approach, the twin engine airplane crashed in unknown circumstances 18 km from its intended destination. SAR operations were initiated but eventually suspended after few days as no trace of the airplane nor the six occupants was found. The wreckage was found on 6 November 1944.
Crew (145th Squadron):
P/O Thomas Albert Kidd Watterson, pilot,
F/Sgt Robert Cecil Rolfe, navigator,
W/O James Robin Stick, wireless operator.
Passengers:
F/Lt John Thomas Hook,
F/O William Hector Thompson,
1st Lt Eugene Estes Snell.
Crew (145th Squadron):
P/O Thomas Albert Kidd Watterson, pilot,
F/Sgt Robert Cecil Rolfe, navigator,
W/O James Robin Stick, wireless operator.
Passengers:
F/Lt John Thomas Hook,
F/O William Hector Thompson,
1st Lt Eugene Estes Snell.
Final Report:
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