Crash site: Solway Firth near Silloth, Cumberland, GB
Crash cause: flying accident during final approach.
Name |
1. Bogaert, Edward Alexander van de |
Dutch RAF aviator datasheet |
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E.A. van de Bogaert Source: @St.M.Vl.P. 1939-50 |
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Rank |
Off Vl 3kl, P/O., Pilot |
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Decorations |
None known |
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Born |
15/9/1920 |
Place |
Soerabaja, Java, NEI |
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Squadron |
No. 1 OTU |
Ops/hr |
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Aircraft |
Hudson Mk. V Nr. AM863 |
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Base |
RAF Silloth, Cumberland, GB |
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Mission |
Training |
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Status |
KIFA/missing |
age |
22 |
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Missing |
11/1/1943 |
Place |
01.47h in the Solway Firth near Silloth, Cumberland, GB |
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Known to |
OGS |
yes |
CWGC |
no |
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Other crew |
2. Korp Vltg Telegr B. Corporaal, Wop/Ag - KIFA/missing 3. Hofmeester 1kl A.F. Post, Ag - KIFA/missing 4. Off Vl 3kl F. Schut, Copilot/Nav - KIFA/missing |
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Memorial |
Soesterberg |
yes |
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Memorial |
Other |
no |
none known |
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GB arrival |
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Remarks |
Flying accident during final approach. The wreck was found 0,5 mile West of Silloth Pier |
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Data confusion |
OGS: died over Irish Sea |
Name | 2. Corporaal, Bernhard | Dutch RAF aviator datasheet | |||||
B. Corporaal in April 1942 Source: @St.M.Vl.P. 1939-50 | |||||||
Rank | Korp Vltg Telegr, Cpl., Wop/Ag | Stb.Nr. 20462 | |||||
Decorations | None known | ||||||
Born | 15/10/1921 | Place | Bandoeng, Java, NEI | ||||
Squadron | No. 1 OTU | Ops/hr | |||||
Aircraft | Hudson Mk. V Nr. AM863 | ||||||
Base | RAF Silloth, Cumberland, GB | ||||||
Mission | Training | ||||||
Status | KIFA/missing | age | 21 | ||||
Missing | 11/1/1943 | Place | 01.47h in the Solway Firth near Silloth, Cumberland, GB | ||||
Known to | OGS | yes | CWGC | no | |||
Other crew | 1. Off Vl 3kl E.A. van de Bogaert, Pilot - KIFA/missing 3. Hofmeester 1kl A.F. Post, Ag - KIFA/missing 4. Off Vl 3kl F. Schut, Copilot/Nav - KIFA/missing | ||||||
Memorial | Soesterberg | yes | |||||
Memorial | Other | no | none known | ||||
GB arrival | |||||||
Remarks | Flying accident during final approach. The wreck was found 0,5 mile West of Silloth Pier | ||||||
Data confusion |
Name | 3. Post, Antonius Franciscus | Dutch RAF aviator datasheet | |||||
A.F. Post, November 1942 Source: @St.M.Vl.P. 1939-50 | |||||||
Rank | Hofmeester 1kl, Lac., Ag | Stb.Nr. 10318/Z | |||||
Decorations | None known | ||||||
Born | 24/10/1916 | Place | Amsterdam, NL | ||||
Squadron | No. 1 OTU | Ops/hr | |||||
Aircraft | Hudson Mk. V Nr. AM863 | ||||||
Base | RAF Silloth, Cumberland, GB | ||||||
Mission | Training | ||||||
Status | KIFA/missing | age | 26 | ||||
Missing | 11/1/1943 | Place | 01.47h in the Solway Firth near Silloth, Cumberland, GB | ||||
Known to | OGS | yes | CWGC | no | |||
Other crew | 1. Off Vl 3kl E.A. van de Bogaert, Pilot - KIFA/missing 2. Korp Vltg Telegr B. Corporaal, Wop/Ag - KIFA/missing 4. Off Vl 3kl F. Schut, Copilot/Nav - KIFA/missing | ||||||
Memorial | Soesterberg | yes | |||||
Memorial | Other | no | none known | ||||
GB arrival | |||||||
Remarks | |||||||
Data confusion | OGS: died over Irish Sea |
Name | 4. Schut, Frederik | Dutch RAF aviator datasheet | |||||
F. Schut Source: @St.M.Vl.P. 1939-50 | |||||||
Rank | Off Vl 3kl, P/O., Copilot/Nav | ||||||
Decorations | None known | ||||||
Born | 14/3/1919 | Place | Dordrecht, NL | ||||
Squadron | No. 1 OTU | Ops/hr | |||||
Aircraft | Hudson Mk. V Nr. AM863 | ||||||
Base | RAF Silloth, Cumberland, GB | ||||||
Mission | Training | ||||||
Status | KIFA/missing | age | 23 | ||||
Missing | 11/1/1943 | Place | 01.47h in the Solway Firth near Silloth, Cumberland, GB | ||||
Known to | OGS | yes | CWGC | no | |||
Other crew | 1. Off Vl 3kl E.A. van de Bogaert, Pilot - KIFA/missing 2. Korp Vltg Telegr B. Corporaal, Wop/Ag - KIFA/missing 3. Hofmeester 1kl A.F. Post, Ag - KIFA/missing | ||||||
Memorial | Soesterberg | yes | |||||
Memorial | Other | no | none known | ||||
GB arrival | |||||||
Remarks | |||||||
Data confusion | OGS: died over Irish Sea |
RAF Silloth, Cumberland, GB, 3/11/1942. L-R above: A.F. Post, who died on 11/1/1943, and H. Harsevoort, who died on 9/2/1945. M. van Gelderen, and D.H.J. Born, who died on 9/2/1945. Source: @St.M.Vl.P. 1939-50
Line-up of 320 Sqn Hudsons & entire ground & air crews. Possibly at RAF Silloth, 1943 Source: @St.M.Vl.P. 1939-50, JPK collection 6-6-14
Remains of a RAF Silloth runway in 2008. The base was once quite large. Silloth airbase 080202-2
Many of the concrete hangars of former RAF Silloth remain, and are seeing a different use today. After the War, these hangars were used to store surplus aircraft, up to the size of Lancasters. Silloth airbase 080202-3
Map 29. Site where the wreck of Hudson AM863 (Van de Bogaert) was found
Solway Firth was given the grim nickname 'Hudson Bay' as a result of the large number of Hudsons that perished here. The Gedenkrol KM, page 45, states that a Hudson wreck was found in the Solway Firth, believed to be AM863.
The former Silloth Pier, established in 1858. The wooden structure carried a lighthouse, as seen in this postcard. Source: unknown, postcard
The wood rotted, and most of the pier was washed away in the 1940's. Source: unknown
Remains of Silloth Pier in 2008, looking towards the site where Hudson AM863 was found. The sea is the Solway Firth, also grimly called 'Hudson Bay'. Silloth crash site 080202-1
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