Does anyone have any info on this crash site? There is a memorial nearby with the names of the crew, but the reason I need to know more is that a new pipeline is to be installed just 50m away from the crash site and we need to establish the risk of ordnance being on board, i.e. was it on its way out to a mission or returning? This may help us (Anglian Water) in determining which side of the site we lay the pipe.
Many thanks
By: Kiteflyer - 12th November 2005 at 20:56
The Norfolk Civil Defence telephone log has the following reference;
“16/1/42 Hudson crashed south of Bacton, 4 dead, 4 bombs on board”
Should have been cleared at the time but wasn’t always the case.
By: MIZPAH - 11th November 2005 at 15:50
The memorial was rededicated last Thursday (4 November 2005).
Suggest you have a word with Mick Jennings, the CRO at RAF Coltishall who was in attendance.
By: f4 - 11th November 2005 at 14:58
Thanks Ross, that’s invaluable info. May they rest in peace on this appropriate day.
By: Ross_McNeill - 11th November 2005 at 14:54
Hi,
If the loss is this one they they were fully armed.
From the draft RAF Coastal Command Losses, Vol 2
16/01/42
500 Sqn
Hudson III
V9097
MK-N
P/O J MacGillivray
Sgt W A Sanger
P/O R B Wark
Sgt J S Brownsell
Op: Nomad Patrol, RAF Bircham Newton, Took Off 18:15 hrs
Flew into the ground during a shallow turn at Beacon near North Walsham, Norfolk, 30 minutes after take off. The crew rest in various cemeteries in Scotland and England.
Regards
Ross
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