Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson III at Kaldaðarnes AFB: 3 killed
Date & Time:
Jan 29, 1943 at 0633 LT
Registration:
T9464
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Kaldaðarnes - Kaldaðarnes
MSN:
414-2517
YOM:
1941
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
3
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Kaldaðarnes at 0630LT on an anti submarine patrol flight over the Atlantic Ocean. Three minutes after takeoff, while climbing to a height of 100 feet, both engines failed. The airplane stalled and crashed on the frozen Ölfusá River, about 1,600 metres northwest of the airfield, bursting into flames. Three crew members were killed and a fourth was injured.
Crew:
F/Sgt Derrick Mallett, pilot, †
P/O George Wilbert Henry Ebert, navigator, †
Sgt Evariste Pierre Dubois, wireless operator, †
Sgt Charles Oliver Hunter, air gunner.
Crew:
F/Sgt Derrick Mallett, pilot, †
P/O George Wilbert Henry Ebert, navigator, †
Sgt Evariste Pierre Dubois, wireless operator, †
Sgt Charles Oliver Hunter, air gunner.
Probable cause:
The pilot mishandled the fuel cocks, causing both engines to stop at an altitude of 100 feet.