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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
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.
Navigational Training Exercise
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)
Hudson
Wikipedia Hudson
Harold A Skaarup Web Page
Hudon - Kestrel Publications