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| Date: | Thursday 7 November 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 70 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | T2731 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Valona Harbour -
 Albania
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Eleusis, Greece |
Took off from RAF Eleusis for a mission over Valona, Albania. Shot down by Italian CR.42s.
Crew:
39930 F/Lt Alan Ellis BRIAN - missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial Column 239
539774 Sgt Wilfred ELLAM - killed - Tirana Park Memorial Cemetery, Albania (grave lost?) / Special Memorial E Phaleron Ware Cemetery, Greece
755914 Sgt W.J. MITCHELL - PoW
79574 P/O Gilbert Robert RAWLINGS- PoW
631166 Sgt Joseph Axford SELLEY - missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial Column 240
565830 Sgt George Shafto WILSON - missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial Column 240 (*)
It seems that the crews in AIR81/4158 and AIR81/4159 are swapped.
(*) date of death according to CWGC 08-11-1940
Sources:
1.Bomber Command Losses In the Middle East and Med. (Volume 1: 1939-1942) David Gunby & Pelham Temple, page 30
2.AIR81/4158 / AIR81/4159
3.CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Sep-2025 08:32 | MMR | Added |
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