Frederick James Goodwin Rank: Sergeant Status: Killed in Flying Accident 1941-09-27

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Goodwin, Frederick James (Sergeant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1941-September-27

Birth Date: 1921 (age 20)

Born: Kings Norton, Metropolitan Borough of Birmingham, West Midlands, England

Son of Frederick James Goodwin and Lavinia Goodwin, of Smethwick

Husband of Adeline Goodwin of Brampton, Ontario

Home: Brampton, Ontario, Canada

Service
RAFVR

Unit
Ferry Command- Ferry Command (RAF)

Base
Dorval, Quebec

Rank

Sergeant

Marshal
Air Chief Marshal	A/C/M
Air Marshal	A/M
Air Vice Marshal	A/V/M
Air Commodore	A/C
Group Captain	G/C
Wing Commander	W/C
Squadron Leader	S/L
Flight Lieutenant	F/L
Flying Officer	F/O
Pilot Officer	P/O
Warrant Officer 1st Class	WO1
Warrant Officer 2nd Class	WO2
Flight Sergeant	FS
Sergeant	SGT
Corporal	CPL
Senior Aircraftman	SAC
Leading Aircraftman	LAC
Aircraftman 1st Class	AC1
Aircraftman 2nd Class	AC2

Position
Navigator

Service Numbers
1162826

Hudson Mk. III AE577

Ferry Flight 1941-September-27 to 1941-September-27

RAF Ferry Command, Dorval, Quebec. Hudson aircraft AE 577 flew from Gander, Newfoundland on a trans-Atlantic ferry flight to the UK, but landed at Baldonnel aerodrome, Dublin, Ireland, reporting low fuel. As the aircraft was unarmed, it was allowed to continue its flight and left for Aldegrove, Northern Ireland. Less than an hour later, the aircraft crashed into high ground while flying in fog and cloud near Aughmeen, Jenkinstown in County Louth, Ireland

Pilot, Flight Lieutenant LR Dubuc (RCAF), Navigator, Sergeant FJ Goodwin (RAFVR), and Canadian civilian Radio Officer SR Kenny were all killed in this flying accident

Ocean Bridge, The History of RAF Ferry Command by Carl A Christie pages 311, 390n14

General Aviation Safety Network

General [Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database]...

General Hudson AE577 - Jenkinstown Co. Louth

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Find-A-Grave.com

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)

Find-A-Grave.com

Sergeant Frederick James Goodwin was exhumed and reburied.

Home

Brampton, Ontario, Canada

First Burial
Google Map

Newry Old Chapel Roman Catholic Cemetery, County Down, Ireland

Re-Burial
Google Map

Smethwick, UK
Plot 10 Class A Grave 230B

Crew on Hudson Mk. III AE577

Flight Lieutenant Dubuc, Louis Romeo (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Flying Accident
Age: 34
Newry Old Chapel Roman Catholic Cemetery, County Down, Ireland - New ground Section J Grave 16

Sergeant Goodwin, Frederick James (RAFVR)
Navigator
Killed in Flying Accident
Age: 20
Smethwick, Staffordshire, UK - Plot 10 Class A Grave 230B

Civilian Kenny, Samuel Raymond (RAF)
Radio Operator
Killed in Flying Accident
Age: 22
Newry Old Chapel Roman Catholic Cemetery, County Down, Ireland - New ground Section J Grave 17

Lockheed Hudson A-28 A-29 AT-18

Lockheed Hudson
Source National Air Force Museum of Canada.

The Lockheed Hudson was an American-built light bomber and coastal reconnaissance aircraft built initially for the Royal Air Force (RAF) shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War and primarily operated by the RAF thereafter. The Hudson served throughout the war, mainly with Coastal Command, but also in transport and training roles, as well as delivering agents into occupied France. They were also used extensively with the Royal Canadian Air Force's (RCAF) anti-submarine squadrons. National Air Force Museum of Canada.

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