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| Date: | Tuesday 4 January 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk XIII |
| Owner/operator: | RAF |
| Registration: | HZ594 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Sicily -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Luqa RAF Base MALTA |
left Luqa RAF Base Malta at 20:30 night of 4th January 1944 (Dark) on Convoy anti submarine patrol over Mediterranean Sea. 6 crew (2 Canadian pilots, 1 Australian navigator 1 NZ & 2 Australian Wireless Operators/ Air Gunners. Buried on 16 Jan 1944 in Palermo Cemetery. Now buried in Commonwealth War Graves 5 at CATANIA War Cemetery Sicily, 1 buried at AGIRA canadian War Cemetery Sicily
Crew details:
C: Wt Off H G Reid RCAF R/92101
2P: Fg Off W F Campbell RCAF J/22247
W.Op/AG: Flt Sgt G G Wilde RNZAF NZ403241
Flt Sgt H L Walker RAAF Aus.413917
Flt Sgt C J Daley RAAF Aus.414537
Flt Sgt W D Cock RAAF Aus.421344
Sources:
National Archives of Australia
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Jan-2025 06:57 | elsiem | Added |
| 24-Jan-2025 06:58 | ASN | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Nature, ] |
| 04-Jun-2025 06:22 | Antonio | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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