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| Date: | Wednesday 23 February 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed Hudson |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Air Force |
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| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Tourém (Montealegre) district of Vila-Real / Calvos de Randín, Spain -
 Portugal
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Plane crashed over penha Monteagudo montain on the Spanish-Portuguese border.
All crew killed: J. W. Srimpeon, George Benjamin Partt , James Douglas Morgan, Alexander Staliker, J. J. Williams and A. J. Gregg.
Sources:
La tragedia gallega de la Operación Overlord, article in La Voz de Galicia (https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/galicia/2019/02/22/tragedia-gallega-plan-overlord/00031550859140362952479.htm)
Sarasota Herald Tribune, 24 february 1944, p. 3 on Google News newspapers archive (https://books.google.es/books?id=UuQhAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA3&dq=plane+wreck+in+Spain&article_id=1935,3365306&hl=es&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi15ZL7vtKIAxUoR_EDHRN_BA84ChDrAXoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=plane%20wreck%20in%20Spain&f=false)
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Sep-2024 07:36 | Manu | Added |
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