ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 22439
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| Date: | Monday 1 January 1940 |
| Time: | 11:41 |
| Type: |  Lockheed Hudson Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 220 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N7232 |
| MSN: | NR-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 20 miles east of St Abbs Head, Berwickshire, Scotland -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Thornaby, North Yorkshire |
HUDSON N7232/T: Took off from RAF Thornaby, North Yorkshire, at 08:35 hrs. All four crew "missing presumed dead", after aircraft "failed to return from a reconnaissance flight, 1 January 1940".
Crashed into the North Sea some 20 miles east of St Abbs Head, Berwickshire, following an attack on a Ju 88 of 1/KG30. Hit by return fire from the Ju.88 during air-to-air combat. Both aircraft were shot down by each other, although it is believed that the Ju.88 went down first. From 11:04 to 11:41 hrs a number of bearings were given by both RAF Thornaby & RAF Leuchars D/F stations to the aircraft.
The four crew of the Ju 88 were also killed: "Ju 88 1./KG 30 (Luftflotte 2) OPS (F) missing (100%) reported as 'shot down by English aircraft in middle North Sea' [two Ju 88s claimed shot down by RAF Gladiator biplane fighters of the Sollum Voe Fighter Flight near Sullom Voe, or by RAF Hudson N7232 “NR-T” of 220 Sqn at sea about 20 miles off St. Abbs Head] 01.01.1940 (Obgefr. Kasiske killed, three crew missing)"
Crew of Hudson N7232 "NR-T" of 220 Squadron, RAF:
F/Lt Trevor Hermon Clarke, (37960) RAF : killed
Sgt Robert James Peacock, (562854) RAF : killed
LAC Christopher Forge Hudson (524576) RAF : killed
LAC Donald Mitchell Rowson, (550760) RAF : killed
All four were considered to be missing in action, later "killed in action". Leading Aircraftsman D.M.Rowson, the youngest member of the crew, was credited with shooting down the Ju. 88, and was MID (Mentioned In Dispatches) for this achievement
Sources:
1. Royal Air Force Aircraft L1000-N9999 (James J Halley, Air Britain)
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/81: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14141903
3. http://www.epibreren.com/ww2/raf/220_squadron.html
4. http://www.oldhaltonians.co.uk/pages/rememb/ROH/P.htm
5. http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=1273
6. http://www.planetrace.co.uk/1940-1949_28.html
7. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-lockheed-l-414-hudson-i-saint-abbs-head-4-killed
8. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1084535/clarke,-trevor-hermon/
9. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1804054/peacock,-robert-james/
10. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1800644/hudson,-christopher-forge/
11. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2940687/rowson,-donald-mitchell/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Aug-2008 10:31 | harry | Added |
| 07-Jan-2012 06:29 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Departure airport] |
| 24-Mar-2013 20:01 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Jul-2013 06:53 | JINX | Updated [Location, Phase, Departure airport] |
| 05-Jul-2013 18:37 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 12-Aug-2014 09:44 | Fort Knox | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 08-Aug-2016 16:33 | TB | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 26-Feb-2018 21:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Feb-2018 21:33 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source] |
| 11-Nov-2018 12:01 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 27-Apr-2019 03:39 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Jun-2019 23:08 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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