Hudson V AM684 - Off Hanstholm                                                     Updated:  01 NOV 2011

Airman Surname Init Rank Service Sqdn P_link Plane Operation Crash_site Crash_d Buried_d C_link At_Next
a019019.htm Dean S D Wt/O RCAF 407 p062.htm HUD AM684 Anti ship Off Hanstholm d050442 b110442 c019.htm Frederikshavn
a019020.htm Hamilton A K F/Sgt RCAF 407 p062.htm HUD AM684 Anti ship Off Hanstholm d050442 b270742 c019.htm Frederikshavn
e777342.htm La Freniere JFH Sgt RCAF 407 p062.htm HUD AM684 Anti ship Off Hanstholm d050442 e777 e777.htm NO KNOWN
a019021.htm Murphy L G F/Sgt RCAF 407 p062.htm HUD AM684 Anti ship Off Hanstholm d050442 b110442 c019.htm Frederikshavn


"Den 5. april 1942 kl. 10.39 bombede Hudson Mk. V, AM684 et tysk fartøj ud for Hanstholm.
Flyet blev ramt af flak og styrtede i havet knap 700 m fra kysten (omkring her, overblik her). Ingen overlevende." (MACR - blanket om tabt besætning)

S. D. Dean og L. G. Murphy blev fundet ved Hansted og begravet den 11. april 1942 i Frederikshavn.
A. K. Hamilton, indbragt til Frederikshavn fra Thisted, blev begravet den 27. juli 1942.
J. F. H. La Freniere har ingen kendt grav. (Kilde: FAF)

MuseumsCenter Hanstholm har mere om dette fly. Et stykke af haleplanet og et kort over kampen ses i udstillingen.

4 flyvere. 

"On 5 April 1942 at 10.39 hrs. a Hudson Mk. V, AM684 made a bomb attack raid on a German vessel off Hanstholm.
The aircraft was hit by Anti-Aircraft fire and crashed in the sea about 700 yards from shore (about here, overview here ). No survivors." (MACR-Missing Air Crew Report)

S. D. Dean and L. G. Murphy were found at Hansted and buried in Frederikshavn on 11 April 1942.
A. K. Hamilton, taken to Frederikshavn from Thisted, was buried on 27 July 1942.
J. F. H. La Freniere has no known grave. (Source: FAF)

MuseumsCenter Hanstholm has more about this plane. See also a part of the rudder and a map of the events in the exhibition.

See No. 407 Squadron RCAF and 407 Squadron - History. This Hudson took off from RAF Bircham Newton.

4 airmen.