Date & Time: Feb 27, 1943 at 1708 LT
Type of aircraft:
North American B-25 Mitchell
Operator:
Registration:
FL672
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Foulsham - Foulsham
MSN:
82-5396
YOM:
1941
Location:
North Sea
World
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
4
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The crew departed RAF Foulsham at 1605 on an air sea rescue operation over the North Sea. The airplane was shot down by a German fighter and crashed into the sea some 100 km west of the Dutch port of IJmuiden. All four crew members were killed.
Crew:
Sgt P. M. D. Marx, pilot,
Sgt J. A. White,
Sgt R. McB. Boswell,
F/Sgt L. G. H. Hingley.
Probable cause:
Shot down by a German fighter.