ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 141807
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| Date: | Wednesday 8 April 1942 |
| Time: | 15:23 approx |
| Type: | Bristol Beaufort Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 42 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N1172 |
| MSN: | AW-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea - |
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Leuchars |
| Leuchars |
Took off at 13:15 hrs for an anti-shipping operation together with one more aircraft heading for area VPPJ 3342.
At 15:23 a convoy of six ships was sighted in position YSPJ 4250 and attacked. The Beaufort was hit by Flak and crashed.
Pilot / John G. Morrison RCAF - Runnymede Memorial
Observer / F/S Arthur B. Johnson - Runnymede Memorial
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner / Sgt Ernest Shepherd - found washed up near Emmerlev Klev, Højer (Denmark) on 25th of July - Fovrfelt cemetery in Esbjerg
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner / Sgt Thomas Pugh - Hamburg War Cemetery, Germany
Sources:
http://www.flensted.eu.com/194207.shtml (Airwar over Denmark)
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Jan-2012 13:26 | harro | Added |
| 07-Apr-2022 12:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Country, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 07-Apr-2022 13:11 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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