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Re: RAF Hudsons in May 40
Pieter,
I have the following infomation on the loss of 206 Squadron Hudsons in May 1940.
Base. Bircham Newton
3 May 1940.
Hudson 1. N7319 VX-C. Operation Reconnaissance. Damaged by Me109 off the Elbe Estuary.
12 May 1940.
Hudson I. N7353 VX- Operation Reconnaissance.
Shot down north of Baltrum off the coast of Germany.
18 May 1940.
Hudson I. N7329 VX- Operation Hamburg. Failed to return.
Hudson I. N7400 VX- Operation Hamburg. Failed to return.
19 May 1940.
Hudson I. N7363 VX- Operation Photo-Reconnaissance. Shot down some 50 km NW of Heligoland.
22 May 1940.
Hudson I. N7402 VX- Operation Reconnaissance. Failed to return from off the German coast.
25 May 1940.
Huson I. N7403 VX-N Operation Convoy. Crashed on landing and blew up.
The above extracts are taken from 'RAF Coastal Command Losses Volume 1' by Ross McNeill.
Regards
Peter Clare.
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