Accident Lockheed Hudson Mk V AE655,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53075
 
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Date:Wednesday 5 November 1941
Time:evening
Type:Silhouette image of generic L14 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Lockheed Hudson Mk V
Owner/operator:407 (Demon) Sqn RCAF
Registration: AE655
MSN: RR-R
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4
Aircraft damage: Aircraft missing
Location:Waddenzee near Rottumeroog, Groningen prv -   Netherlands
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Narrative:
The aircraft failed to return from a Rover operation - Coastal Command armed patrol to search for enemy shipping; crashed under unknown circumstances.

Pilot P/O. J.F. Codville J/4543 RCAF / Oldebroek cemetery in Gelderland; grave 20 / body found at Rottumeroog island that same evening
Observer F/Sgt. F.T. James R/73092 RCAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 60
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner F/Sgt. R.L. Armsby 755284 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 35
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Sgt. G.N. Bryan R/58294 RCAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 61

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1325&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
31 January 1942 AE649 407 (Demon) Sqn RCAF 2 near IJmuiden pier, Noord-Holland w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
10-Apr-2020 14:42 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative]
10-Apr-2020 14:42 TigerTimon Updated [Damage]
20-Jun-2022 22:05 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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