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Date: 28-May-2022
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Detail page crash 25-May-1944
| CrashID | 393 |
| Date | 25-May-1944 |
| Time | 00:57 |
| Location | Oosterschelde |
| Airplane | Boeing |
| Type / model | B-17 II / B-17F-130-BO |
| Serial number | SR384 / 42-30970 |
| Registration number | BU-A |
| Group | RAF Bomber Command |
| Squadron | 214 Sqdn RAF Begin 1944 aan de RAF geleverd. |
| Base | Oulton |
| Mission | Ondersteuning bommenwerper vloot mbv stoorzender |
| Target | Antwerpen |
| Crew | P/O A. J. N Hockley RAAF 420197 KIA Sgt W. H. Hallett POW F/Sgt T. D. Glenn POW F/Sgt R. Y. Gundy RNZAF POW F/Sgt R. T. Lyall RAAF POW Sgt R. F. Lloyd POW Sgt J. E. McCutchan RCAF POW Sgt R. G. V. Simpson 1805752 KIA Sgt E. Lovatt POW |
| Cemeteries | P/O Allan James Neville Hockley RAAF KIA. Hij is begraven te Yerseke begraafplaats plaats 171. Hij werd 27 jaar. Sgt Raymond George Victor Simpson KIA. Hij is begraven te Yerseke begraafplaats plaats 172. Hij werd 20 jaar. |
| Brief description of the crash | This B-17 was shot down by a German nightfighter. The B-17 was on a support mission of a group bombers with target Antwerpen. The kill was claimed by Oblt Herman Leube van 4./NJG-3. |
Extensive description of the crash (.pdf)  |
393-story.pdf  |
| Extra documentation | 393-graf hockley.jpg 393-graf simpson.jpg 393-graf hockley-simpson.jpg 393-FS TD Glenn & FS RY Gundy.jpg 393-PO AJN Hockley & SGT WW Hallett.jpg 393-Hockley-Lyall wedding.jpg 393-story.1.pdf 393-A-BU model.jpg 393-hockley rapport.jpg 393-214 Sqdn Hockley.pdf 393-Hockley PZC.jpg |
| Picture 1 |  |
| Picture 1 description | P/O Allan James Neville Hockley |
| Locatie on map |  |
| Picture 2 |  |
| Picture 2 description | Crew A. J. N. Hockley |