Hudson V AM684 - Off Hanstholm                                                      Updated: 29 APR 2024

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)

Bunkermuseum Hanstholm har mere om dette fly. Et stykke af haleplanet og et kort over kampen og detaljer ses i udstillingen.
Se Hanstholm 5. april 1942 af Jens Andersen i Historisk Aarbog for Thy og Vester Hanherred 2005.
Udstillingen indeholder også en Flyvemaskinepropel - se i AirmenDK B-17*Liberty Run propeller * Operation 22 FEB 1944 - Aalborg * Sgt Schrenk+Obl Müller in 2012.

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)

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

The exhibition also includes an Aeroplane propeller - see on AirmenDK B-17*Liberty Run propeller*Operation 22 FEB 1944 - Aalborg*Sgt Schrenk+Obl Müller in 2012.

See 407 Long Range Patrol Squadron * No. 6 Group and the Canadian Squadrons * No 407 (Demon) Squadron RCAF * Calling all "Demons" - 75 years of service.
This Hudson of Coastal Command took off from RAF Bircham Newton.
4 airmen.