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Date: | Wednesday 24 April 1940 |
Time: | 07:30 LT |
Type: | Lockheed Hudson Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 224 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | N7283 |
MSN: | QX-S |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Near Håkonshella, Bjorøy, Bergen -
Norway
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Leuchars, Fife |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Lockheed Hudson Mk.1 N7283 (QX-S) of 224 Squadron, RAF: Lost of combat operations when crashed into the North Sea during a reconnaissance flight and anti submarine patrol over the coast of Norway, 24 April 1940, between Haugesund and Stadlandet. Took off from RAF Leuchars, Fife at 05:04 hours. Some sources state "shot down off Håkonshella, Bergen, Norway (at approximate coordinates: 60°23′58.83″ N, 5°19′2.66″E) at 07:30 by either Fw Ertel or Oblt Pointner of 5/JG 77". All four crew "missing presumed dead".
Crew of Hudson N7283:
Pilot Officer Robert George Meadows Harmston (Pilot, Service Number 41845, aged 19) - Killed in action, body recovered, buried at Bergen (Mollendal) Church Cemetery, grave ref B.3
Flying Officer Anthony Alexander Talbot Bulloch (Service Number 33224, aged 23) - missing presumed dead;
Leading Aircraftman Alfred William Hallam (Wireless Op, Service Number 534748) - missing presumed dead;
Leading Aircraftman Stanley Lane (Air Gunner, Service Number 528628) - missing presumed dead;
As noted above, the body of only one of the four crew was recovered, and is buried in Bergen, Norway; the other three were never found, and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2. Coastal Command Losses of the Second World War Vol. 1 by Ross McNeil p 30
3. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/166:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14141967 4. 224 Squadron ORB (Air Ministry Form 540) National Archives, PRO Kew (File AIR 27/1385) at
http://www.stanwardine.com/malvernww1/ww2/AIR-27_1385_8_Bullock_detail.pdf 5.
http://www.stanwardine.com/cgi-bin/malvernww2.pl?id=31 6.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2186418/harmston,-robert-george-meadows/ 7.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1530802/bulloch,-anthony-alexander-talbot/ 8.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1799159/hallam,-alfred-william/ 9.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1803043/lane,-stanley/ Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
10-Jun-2019 19:55 |
Dr. John Smith |
Added |
10-Jun-2019 20:00 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Narrative] |
11-Jun-2019 05:49 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator] |
05-Aug-2020 08:42 |
Anon. |
Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |