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| Date: | Thursday 13 November 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 148 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z8338 |
| MSN: | BS-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Over the Mediterranean sea -
 Canada
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | LG106 Egypt |
| Benghazi, Libya |
One of six 148 Sqn Wellingtons who left LG106 at approximately 14h00 for LG104 to refuel. Five took off from LG104 between 23h20 and 01h00 and headed to Benghazi. This aircraft failed to return. 2 bodies later washed up on shore, one in Cyprus, the other in Egypt.
Pilot: 919124 F/Sgt Joseph John Watson RAFVR
2nd Pilot: 971524 Sgt Joshua Davison RAFVR (body washed up on Egyptian shore)
Wireless Op Air Gunner: R/54993 F/Sgt Francis Gabriel Nadeau RCAF
Air Gunner: 1378989 Sgt Henry Colling RAFVR (body washed up on Cyprus shore)
Role?: 988992 Sgt Frederick Alexander Pegram RAFVR
Role?: 967899 F/Sgt Hugh O'Brien Talty RAFVR
Sources:
148 Sqn wartime records from The National Archives UK
Personel file of the RCAF crew member from Ancestry.ca
https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=Z8338
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1282000
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2937673/henry-colling/
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1282968/joseph-john-watson/
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2115972/joshua-davison/
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1282153/frederick-alexander-pegram/
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1282733/hugh-o-brien-talty/
https://aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Z8338&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
https://caspir.warplane.com/pdoc/pn/600014767/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jan-2025 19:56 | tachel | Added |
| 04-Jan-2025 06:44 | tachel | Updated [Country, Source, Narrative, ] |
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