Sgt. A.G. Matthews was serving with 220 Squadron. He was a crew member of Hudson I N 7231 NR-S based at Thornaby which was on patrol. On the return the aircraft hit a balloon cable and crashed at Boldon Colliery. The aircraft went on fire and the bomb-load exploded.
Royal Air Force Coastal Command Losses of the Second World War: Vol.1L Aircraft and Crew Losses 1939-1941; Ross McNeill; 2003; Midland Publishing: ISBN 1 85780 128 8
