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Date: | Saturday 30 September 1939 |
Time: | |
Type: | Lockheed Hudson Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 224 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | N7219 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | North Sea, off the Island of Stylt -
Germany
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | raf Leuchars, Fife, Scotland |
Destination airport: | RAF Leuchars |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Photo recon mission to Stylt, shot down by flak from Marineflakabteilung 264 & crashed 300 yards from shore.
Crew:
Pilot: 27275 P/O D.G. Heaton-Nichols RAF injured PoW No.22.
Co-pilot: 564932 Sgt. James Pearce RAF killed.
520315 AC1 Albert Sill RAF killed.
AG. 530618 AC1 Albert Thomason RAF killed.
Sources:
Coastal Command Losses of the Second World War Vol 1.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
13-Nov-2015 06:55 |
JINX |
Added |
07-Jan-2016 21:28 |
JIXN |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |