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| Date: | Thursday 10 October 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 149 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P9273 |
| MSN: | OJ-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Missing - |
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mildenhall |
Plane took off at 22:22 from Mildenhall for a mission over Germany. Contact was lost and there is no trace found of the plane nor crew.
Crew:
74673 P/O Roy Giffard FURNESS - missing believed killed - Runnymede Memorial panel 5
758161 Sgt Patrick Tawse CATTO - missing believed killed - Runnymede Memorial panel 12
966854 Sgt Kenneth McNab DAVIDSON - missing believed killed - Runnymede Memorial panel 13
936242 Sgt Francis George Rae McDONALD - missing believed killed - Runnymede Memorial panel 17
747880 Sgt Marcus Pete REYNOLDS - missing believed killed - Runnymede Memorial panel 18
749466 Sgt Kenneth SHIMELLS - missing believed killed - Runnymede Memorial panel 19
Sources:
1. Bomber Command Losses (1939-1940) WR Chorley, page 117
2. Henk Welting's database (rafcommands.com)
3. AIR81/3711
4. CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Aug-2025 09:03 | MMR | Added |
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