Due to bad weather, 19:12hrs, aircraft crashed St Ives Bay in poor visibility
Submitted by webmaster on Thu, 01/12/2022 - 01:00.
Hudson S/279 Squadron
Airborne for second time at 14:35hrs, to search for a missing dinghy, nothing seen, whilst returning to base, aircraft was diverted to Exeter due to bad weather, at 19:12hrs, aircraft crashed in St Ives Bay in poor visibility. F/O Gibbs (Capt) was the sole survivor, he died of his injuries at Davidstow Hospital 30-3-43.
- F/O Gibbs E.G. (115145) - Pilot [died of his injuries at Davidstow Hospital 30-3-43]
- F/Sgt Long R. - Navigator
- Sgt Povey E. - Wop/AG
- F/Sgt Bacon H.R. - AG
- F/Sgt Fletcher L.V. - AG
29th March 1943
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