ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 341401
Date: | Tuesday 23 June 1942 |
Time: | |
Type: | Lockheed 414 Hudson III |
Owner/operator: | British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC |
Registration: | G-AGDF |
MSN: | 3772 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 10 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | off Skredewick -
Sweden
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Passenger |
Departure airport: | Stockholm-Bromma Airport (BMA/ESSB) |
Destination airport: | Saint Andrews-Leuchars RAF Station (ADX/EGQL) |
Narrative:En route to Scotland the left engine failed. The crew tried to reach Såtenäs Airport, Gothenburg. When the right engine started to run uneven, a forced landing was planned. A fire occurred in the right engine at 1300 meters and crew carried out a ditching into Gullmarsfjorden.
Sources:
luftfartshistorie.no The Lockheed Twins / Peter J Marson
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