ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 193114
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| Date: | Monday 27 January 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed Hudson Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 224 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N7358 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Off the Norwegian coast -
 Norway
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
On 27 January 1941 the Hudson I N7358 QX-H of 224 Sqn RAF was reported missing over the North Sea. It was shot down off Norway by a Bf110 of III./ZG 76 flown by Hauptmann Rolf Kaldrack (for his third known claim). There was no survivor.
Crew (all killed):
Sgt Percy Rae Lanchbery (pilot)
Sgt Christopher Brown Thomson
Sgt Ernest Arthur Perry
Sgt Horace Mitchell
All are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
"1941 the turning point. Part 1", by John Foreman, ISBN 1-871187-22-2
"Royal Air Force Coastal Command Losses of the Second World War, vol 1: Aircraft and Crew Losses 1939-1941", by Ross McNeill. ISBN 1-85780-128-8
Luftwaffe claim lists by Tony Wood and Jim Perry (http://lesbutler.co.uk/claims/tonywood.htm)
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead.aspx
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Jan-2017 08:54 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
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