Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson III in Camaret-sur-Mer: 1 killed
Date & Time:
Feb 10, 1943 at 1230 LT
Operator:
Registration:
V8986
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Saint Eval - Saint Eval
MSN:
414-2530
YOM:
1941
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF St Eval at 0744LT on a weather reconnaissance mission. At 1130LT, the crew informed ground he was returning to base. About an hour later, while cruising in clouds, the pilot reduced his altitude and merged out of the cloud layer when the airplane was shot down by the German Marine Flak and crash landed on a beach in Camaret-sur-Mer. The pilot was killed and three other crew members became PoW.
Crew:
Sgt Samuel Charles Glover, pilot, †
F/O Maurice William Buttler, navigator,
Sgt Ernest James Winfield, radio operator,
Sgt Roy Gilbert, radio operator.
Crew:
Sgt Samuel Charles Glover, pilot, †
F/O Maurice William Buttler, navigator,
Sgt Ernest James Winfield, radio operator,
Sgt Roy Gilbert, radio operator.
Probable cause:
Shot down by the German Flak.
