Date & Time:
Dec 27, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Lockheed L-414 Hudson
Operator:
Registration:
FH426
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Schedule:
Oran - Oran
MSN:
414-6716
YOM:
1942
Country:
Spain
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
4
Crew fatalities:
4
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
4
Circumstances:
The twin engine airplane departed Oran-Tafraoui Airport at 0645LT on an anti submarine patrol flight. While cruising along the Spanish coast, it crashed in unknown circumstances into the sea off Santa Pola, some 20 km south of Alicante. All four crew members were killed.
Crew (223rd Squadron):
Sgt John Stewart Greaves, pilot,
Sgt Edward Brown, navigator,
Sgt Edward Victor Evans, bomb aimer,
Sgt John Joseph Griffin, bomb aimer.
Crew (223rd Squadron):
Sgt John Stewart Greaves, pilot,
Sgt Edward Brown, navigator,
Sgt Edward Victor Evans, bomb aimer,
Sgt John Joseph Griffin, bomb aimer.
