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Date: | Sunday 7 January 1940 |
Time: | 14:30 |
Type: | Lockheed Hudson Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 233 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | N7256 |
MSN: | ZS-L |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Mynydd Maendy, near Nant-y-Moel, Ogmore, Glamorgan, Wales -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Test |
Departure airport: | RAF St Athan, Glamorgan |
Destination airport: | RAF St Athan, Glamorgan |
Narrative:Hudson N7256/L: Took off from RAF St Athan, Glamorgan for Test flight. 07/01/1940
During flight test after installation of ASV (Anti-Surface Vessel) radar, aircraft strayed off course into the cloud covered Mynydd Maendy, near Nant-y-Moel, Glamorgan (at approximate co ordinates 51°34′12″ N, 3°28′12″ W). All five persons on board (RAF crew of three plus two civilian contractors) were killed:
Crew of Hudson N7256:
Sgt (565845) Francis Frederick Bousfield (pilot) RAF: killed,
Sgt (564213) Frank Foster Hallam (pilot) RAF: killed,
LAC (550814) Arthur Wilfred Smith (WOp/AG) RAF : killed,
Robert Kyd Beattie (Civilian Contractor) killed
Peter Ingleby (Civilian Contractor) killed
Sources:
1. 'Coastal Command Losses of the Second World War, Volume 1 (1939-1941)'
2.
http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/233_squadron.html 3. Copy of Air Ministry Form 1180 for Hudson N7256:
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/489555421976355870 4.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2699402/bousfield,-francis-frederick/ 5.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2409031/hallam,-frank-foster/ 6.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2408196/smith,-arthur-wilfred/ 7.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/75462790/beattie,-robert-kyd/ 8.
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/75462791/ingleby,-peter/ 9.
http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/06124.php 10.
http://www.oldhaltonians.co.uk/pages/rememb/ROH/H.htm 11. Doylerush, E, 2008, Rocks in the Clouds: High Ground Aircraft Crashes in South Wales, p.108.
12. Halley, J J, 1977, Royal Air Force Aircraft N1000 to N9999, p.46.
13. Glamorganshire Police reports for 1939-41. (Glam PRO; DCON/279/7).
14.
http://www.ggat.org.uk/timeline/pdf/Military%20Aircraft%20Crash%20Sites%20in%20Southeast%20Wales.pdf 15.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mynydd_Maendy Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
06-Feb-2017 20:21 |
ORD |
Added |
13-Aug-2017 18:23 |
Anon. |
Updated [Narrative] |
06-Nov-2017 10:21 |
Laurent Rizzotti |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
27-Apr-2019 21:34 |
Dr. John Smith |
Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
28-Apr-2019 09:30 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator] |