Lockheed Hudson Mk.I T9292 coded UA-P of 269 Sqn RAF, crashed near Brora in Northern Scotland during the night of the 30th April / 1st May 1941.
|
Crew / Passengers |
Rank - If Applicable |
Position e.g. Pilot |
Status |
|
Norman Child |
Flight Sergeant |
Pilot |
Killed |
|
Marshall |
Sergeant |
Navigator ? |
Survived |
|
Aubyn John Mathie Adolphus |
Pilot Officer |
Wireless Operator / Air gunner |
Killed |
|
Arthur Victor Summers |
Sergeant
|
Wireless Operator / Air gunner |
Killed |
The aircraft had taken off from Wick on convoy escort duties in the early evening, upon return the pilot could not safely break through cloud cover near Wick or over other safe areas so the aircraft was abandoned. According to Coastal Command Losses P/O Adolphus and Sgt Summers landed in the sea off Brora and were both drowned. Sergeant Child came down on land but was killed either by striking part of the aircraft or by parachute failure. The three crew who were killed are all recorded as having died on the 1st May 1941 possibly indicating the crash occurred after midnight.
The two remaining fragments that I found from the aircraft, they were separated by about 10 yards and both are clearly from an aircraft.