Coastal Command Hudson bomber

[crolick]

Dear Friends,

Lately I've came across 'Report of attack of enemy submarine' (TNA - AIR 2/2925) written by P/O Anthony Brien John Pearson. The problem is that in this report I can not find any reference to the unit or plane which Pearson piloted apart of the description:
1. Aircraft: Z.224
Can anyone help me in identifying the plane type and unit to which Pearson at that time (June 1940) was assigned? As far as I know this was Hudson bomber from Coastal Command but this might wrong.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!!


All the best,
Andrzej

[Hans Nauta]

Hello Andrzej

Z.224 may have been written as Z/224 isn't it? Anyway, this was the typical Coastal Command notition of involved aircraft and just means 'aircraft letter Z of 224 Squadron. 224 Squadron was indeed equiped with Hudsons in June 1940 and the full aircraft code should have been QX-Z.

Regards,
Hans Nauta

[crolick]

Thank Hans - that was quick!

In fact it was Z.224 but nevertheless everything fits perfectly!
Is it possible to track the crewmembers?


All the best,
Andrzej

[Hans Nauta]

Hello Andrzej,

The only way to find out who else was on board is to consult the Operations Record Book, held by The National Archives in London.

Regards,
Hans

[crolick]

Thank's Hans! Will try to do that!

Andrzej