Crash of a Lockheed L-414 Hudson IIIA on Mt Bong Bong: 4 killed
Date & Time:
Nov 4, 1942 at 2125 LT
Operator:
Registration:
A16-173
Survivors:
No
Schedule:
Camden - Camden
MSN:
414-6426
YOM:
1942
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The crew departed Camden Airport at 1645LT on a maritime patrol flight off the Australian coast to locate enemy submarines. On the return leg, while cruising in low visibility due to the night, the twin engine airplane impacted the slope of Mt Bong Bong located 9 km northwest of Gerringong. All four crew members were killed.
Crew (32nd Squadron):
Sgt Norman Baxter Clark, pilot,
F/Sgt Bernard James Hubbard, observer,
Sgt Joseph Hall Iredell, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Geoffrey Alfred Rich, wireless operator and air gunner.
Crew (32nd Squadron):
Sgt Norman Baxter Clark, pilot,
F/Sgt Bernard James Hubbard, observer,
Sgt Joseph Hall Iredell, wireless operator and air gunner,
Sgt Geoffrey Alfred Rich, wireless operator and air gunner.
Probable cause:
Controlled flight into terrain.
