Accident Lockheed Hudson Mk III V9122,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 48711
 
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Date:Saturday 30 May 1942
Time:01:09-10
Type:Silhouette image of generic L14 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Lockheed Hudson Mk III
Owner/operator:320 (NL) Sqn RAF
Registration: V9122
MSN: NO-N
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Aircraft missing
Location:North Sea 20 km N of Terschelling, Friesland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Bircham Newton
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 23:00 hrs for a strike on a convoy off the Frisian islands.
'Wageningen' is presumed to have hit a balloon cable.
The four crew are all missing in action:

Pilot / 11771 Maj.Vl. P Buijnink RNNAS -killed
Navigator / 21079 Sgt.Vl A L M van den Broek RNNAS - killed
Wireless Operator / 14696 Telmaat M Versluis RNNAS - killed
Air Gunner / M4781 Mar 1e kl H L Emmens - killed

Sources:

http://www.veteraneninstituut.nl/media/med_view.asp?med_id=227
http://home.12move.nl/~sh470284/bestanden/hudson.pdf
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T1529B

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
10-Dec-2008 08:33 ASN archive Added
30-May-2017 12:16 TigerTimon Updated [Date, Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
01-Jan-2018 17:43 Red Dragon Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Narrative]
16-Feb-2018 18:07 Nepa Updated [Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Narrative]
20-Apr-2020 18:22 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]
16-May-2022 09:17 TigerTimon Updated [Date, Time, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative]
14-Jun-2022 23:41 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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