Hudson AE640 Mk. V (long range) - Ferry Flight - 1941-07-25 to 1941-07-25
Squadron: OADF Ferry Command (RAF)
Start Date: 1941-07-25
Completion Date: 1941-07-25
Mission: Ferry Flight
Operation: unspecified
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Base: Dorval, Quebec
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Crash City: Scotland
Crash Specifics: south-east side of the Mull of Kintyre
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
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Overseas Aircraft Delivery Flight, RAF Ferry Command, Dorval, Quebec. Hudson V aircraft AE 640 on a flight out of Gander, Newfoundland to Prestwick, Scotland struck high ground in poor weather conditions with rain and low cloud and crashed on the south-east side of the Mull of Kintyre in Scotland

Pilot, Flight Lieutenant KF Arnold (RAF)(Can), Navigator Sergeant P Keast (RAFVR) and Canadian civilian Radio Officer W Bratherton Civilian Technical Corps (CTC)

The Hudson had been intended for use by RAF Coastal Command 217 Squadron (Woe to the Unwary) based at St Eval, Cornwall

Ocean Bridge, The History of RAF Ferry Command by Carl A Christie pages 246, 309, 354n86

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unvetted Source OADF Hudson AE640 Fl/Lt. Arnold, California USA, accident, RAF St. Eval

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