Hudson of Coastal Command - April 1940 incident

[Amrit1]

Re: the picture in post 7 (Peter's) the IWM caption reads:

The crew of a Hudson of No 224 Squadron, N7264/QX-Q, inspecting damage to their aircraft sustained during an operation to support troops landing at Andalsnes in Norway, April 1940.

http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/dbt...&BG=0&FG=0&QS=

There is also another pic

http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/dbt...&BG=0&FG=0&QS=

Groundcrew examine a badly-damaged Lockheed Hudson Mark I, N7264 'QX-Q', of No. 224 Squadron RAF on its return to base at Wick, Caithness, from a sortie over Norway. N7264 was one of a battle flight of three Hudsons providing long-range fighter cover for Allied troops in Norway. While flying over Romsdal fjord in Andalsnes they were mistakenly fired on by HMS CURACOA. One Hudson was shot down and N7264 suffered severe damage to its wings and flaps, as well as two burst tyres. Despite this, Pilot Officer H O'Neill managed to bring his aircraft back to Wick where he made a safe touchdown.

[Amrit1]

And a few more details:

http://www.murray.as/hudson/

[BC]

Amrit1 - Well done ! An excellent piece of research which has (hopefully) answered Andy's (and mine) questions about the incident.

Good work, many thanks.

BC

[Andy Saunders]

Yes, Amrit. Wonderful to be able to put some detail to the photographs at last! Thank you very much indeed.