ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 195733
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| Date: | Saturday 30 May 1942 |
| Time: | 01:09-10 |
| Type: |  Lockheed Hudson Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 407 (Demon) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | AM650 |
| MSN: | RR-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Yorkshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bircham Newton |
Takeoff at 23:27 hrs for an anti-shipping operation off the Frisians & failed to return.
Shot down by convoy 277.
Two crew members are missing in action:
Pilot F/O. C.F. Race J/4749 RCAF / Runnymede Memorial
Observer W/O. II J.F. Clarke R/80891 RCAF / prisoner of war
At the time of the loss the 407 O.R.B. list clark as a flight sergeant
Wireless Operator Sgt. W.P. McCarthy R/77583 RCAF / Sage War Cemetery in Niedersachsen, Germany
Air Gunner P/O. R.M.D. Robinson J/5487 RCAF / Runnymede Memorial
Sources:
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T1524E
AIR-27-1793-16
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 April 1942 | AM571 | 407 (Demon) Sqn RCAF | 4 | North Sea |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-May-2017 14:28 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 30-May-2017 19:44 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
| 27-Jan-2018 11:18 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator, Damage, Narrative] |
| 20-Apr-2020 18:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Country, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Apr-2020 18:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Damage] |
| 16-May-2022 09:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Country, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 14-Jun-2022 23:45 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 31-May-2023 05:34 | johncranmer | Updated [[Location]] |
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