Bircham Newton - Bircham Newton

On January 27, 1943 at 03:45 AM, Bircham Newton - Bircham Newton experienced a crash involving Lockheed L-414 Hudson, operated by Royal Netherlands Navy - Marineluchtvaartdienst, with the event recorded near Terschelling Friesland.

The flight was categorized as survey / patrol / reconnaissance and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 4 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 100.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 4, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is terrorism act, hijacking, sabotage. The twin engine aircraft left RAF Bircham Newton at 0045LT on a maritime patrol flight over the North Sea. The last contact was recorded at 0345LT while the aircraft was flying along the island of Terschelling. It was most probably shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the North Sea. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew (320th Squadron) was found.

Aircraft reference details include registration EW919, MSN 414-6803, year of manufacture 1942.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 53.3947°, 5.2877°.