Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson IIIA near Cribas: 4 killed
Date & Time:
Aug 21, 1942
Operator:
Registration:
A16-209
Survivors:
Yes
MSN:
414-6485
YOM:
1942
Crew on board:
5
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
While on a reconnaissance mission over Timor Leste, the twin engine airplane was attacked by the pilot of a Japanese Mitsubishi Zero. The captain ordered his crew to bail out. When he bailed out and was later rescued, he realized that all four other crewmen remained on board and were killed when the aircraft crashed on hilly terrain near Cribas.
Crew:
F/O Sidney G. Wadey, pilot,
P/O Stanley W. Faull, †
Sgt Francis M. O'Reilly, †
Sgt Gould W. Herbert, †
Sgt William R. Edeson. †
Crew:
F/O Sidney G. Wadey, pilot,
P/O Stanley W. Faull, †
Sgt Francis M. O'Reilly, †
Sgt Gould W. Herbert, †
Sgt William R. Edeson. †
Probable cause:
Shot down by a Japanese fighter.
