Tempsford - Tempsford

On July 6, 1944 at 12:00 PM, Tempsford - Tempsford experienced a crash involving Lockheed L-414 Hudson, operated by Royal Air Force - RAF, with the event recorded near Kornwerderzand Friesland.

The flight was categorized as supply and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

8 people were known to be on board, 8 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: 4, passenger fatalities: 4, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is terrorism act, hijacking, sabotage. The twin engine aircraft left RAF Tempsford in the evening of August 5 on a special mission to Nijkerk, in The Netherlands. On board were four crew members and four Dutch agents who should be dropped over Nijkerk to join the resistance. While approaching the Dutch coast by night, the aircraft was shot down by the German Flak and crashed into the Ijssel some 4 km north of Kornwerderzand. All eight occupants were killed. Crew (161st Special Squadron): F/Lt Menzies, pilot, F/O Bunney, navigator, Sgt Withers, wireless operator, Sgt Eliot, air gunner. Passengers: Peter Kwint, Jan Bockma, Pleun Verhoef, Johannes Walter. Source: http://fk790.tripod.com/In_Memory/finalflight.htm

Aircraft reference details include registration FK790.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 53.0722°, 5.3372°.