Hudson, 320 Squadron

[BennoT6]

Beste forum lezers,

Er lijkt een Hudson, mogelijk 320 Squadron, gevonden te zijn voor de Noorse kust thv Bergen. Bijgaande is daarover op het FlyPast forum te vinden :

Hudson loss -Norway - Key Publishing Ltd Aviation Forums

m.vr.gr.

Benno

[Rob Mulder]

Dit kan ik bevestigen. De Noren zijn op zoek naar informatie over dit vliegtuig en de missie. Dus als iemand meer heeft willen we het graag weten.

Groetjes
Rob Mulder
Spikkestad, Noorwegen

[Dennis]

Stond mij bij dat het vliegtuig al eens eerder gevonden was.
Had deze topic uit 2009 er ooit al eens over gelezen.
Is er al iets meer bekend over waar het wrak is,en de staat?? durf het bijna niet te vragen wellicht foto`s?
Of misschien recente info,over dit voorval.

Lost Hudson of 320 Squadron

T9413 NO-Y "Ockenburg" (not NO-N)
Crash site: North Sea near Norway coast between Stavanger and the Lista peninsula
Crash cause: shot down by enemy fighter, at 05.05h by Uffz. L. Scharf with Bf.109 from I./JG77 from Sola airfield.

There is confusion over the locations of the crashes of 3 Hudsons from 320 Sqn Coastal Command, leading to the loss of 12 Dutch RAF aviators. The three aircraft were shot down into the North Sea, somewhere between Farsund on the Lista peninsula and Lindesnes. The nearest major city is Kristiansand, 90 km to the East. The name of that city has been used to indicate the crash area. The name has also been confused with Kristiansund, also erroneously spelled as Christiansund, which is 600 km to the North. In Norway the places are indicated as Kristiansund N and Kristiansand S, to avoid confusion.

South of Lindesnes, C.A.E. van Otterloo was mortally wounded by a Flak shell fragment. Somewhere along the coast between Stavanger and the Lista peninsula, Hudson 'Ockenburg' was shot down, leading to the loss of another 5 Dutch RAF aviators. Hudson 'Makassar' crashed near Elle, which is at the extreme North of the Lista peninsula. Four Dutch RAF aviators died in that crash. Somewhere along the Norwegian coast, possibly in the Bergen area, we also lost Jhr. H. van Panhuys. In all, 23 Dutch RAF aviators died in or over the coastal seas of Norway. Up to about Bergen, this sea area is still called the North Sea, that flows into the Atlantic Ocean.

The Hudsons Mk. II and III, with their top speed of 400 km/h, were sitting ducks for the 550 km/h Messerschmitts Bf.109 T-2 of I./JG77 that operated in this area, from Lista and Sola airfields. Sola is directly Southwest of Stavanger.

Even if crew parachuted out, or force-landed at sea, as done by Hudson NO-M, the chances of survival were very limited indeed. Only two of the 26 crew members involved were, after hours, rescued from the cold water by a German floatplane.

Grappige links wellicht meer info.
Vliegveld Ockenburg - Hudson "Ockenburg"

Lockheed Hudson

[Rob Mulder]

Ja, er zijn foto's en ik zal ze proberen te krijgen. "Takk" (bedankt) voor jullie antwoord.

Groetjes
Rob

[Reinboomsma (R.I.P.)]

Heb wel een foto van R9345 genomen op Leuchars Dec'41 Mijn vader was toen daar gebaseerd na zijn ontsnapping in Mei '41. Hij heeft de pet op in het midden

[Dennis]

Mooie foto Rein!!!! helemaal super
Nog iets bekend van fotos,van de Hudson die gevonden zou zijn??