Boudreau, H F

Interned Prisoner 1944-04-19

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Birth Date: unkown date

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Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: Unknown

Service

RCAF

Unit

161 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Liberate

Base

RAF Tempsford

Rank

Warrant Officer 2

Position

Warrant Officer 2

Service Numbers

R/99091

Took off from Tempsford at 14:00 in Hudson Mark III (Sqn code: MA-R Bomber Command).

Got lost on Radio Navigational Cross-Country Exercise from Tempsford, returning via Cornwall. Force landed, North of Gothenburg, Sweden after weather deteriorated. Radio and compass not working correctly and crew got totally lost and believed they were of Irish coast, rather than Swedish coast.

Crew were later exchanged for a German Bucker Bestmann aircraft that had been stolen by two Poles in Germany

Lockheed Hudson A-28 A-29 AT-18

Lockheed Hudson
Source National Air Force Museum of Canada.
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The Lockheed Hudson was an American-built light bomber and coastal reconnaissance aircraft built initially for the Royal Air Force (RAF) shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War and primarily operated by the RAF thereafter. The Hudson served throughout the war, mainly with Coastal Command, but also in transport and training roles, as well as delivering agents into occupied France. They were also used extensively with the Royal Canadian Air Force's (RCAF) anti-submarine squadrons.National Air Force Museum of Canada.

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