Date & Time:
Apr 22, 1942 at 1100 LT
Type of aircraft:
Lockheed L-414 Hudson
Operator:
Registration:
AM542
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
North Coates - North Coates
MSN:
414-2624
YOM:
1941
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 North Coates on an anti-shipping patrol mission over the North Sea. Approaching the Dutch coast, it was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea off Texel Island. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
F/Sgt Reginald Henry William Camm,
P/O Stephen George Goatley,
Sgt James Maddra Clifford Jenkinson,
P/O George Gordon Shore.
Crew:
F/Sgt Reginald Henry William Camm,
P/O Stephen George Goatley,
Sgt James Maddra Clifford Jenkinson,
P/O George Gordon Shore.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.
