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| Date: | Thursday 21 November 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 214 Sqn (ME) Flight RAF |
| Registration: | T2873 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Comiso, Sicily -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Stradishall |
| RAF Luqa, Malta |
Plane was underway to Luqa, Malta, but due to poor weather and bad navigation the aircraft run low on fuel and made a forced landing on Sicily. Crew destroyed the aircraft. One of the passengers was Air Marshall Owen Tudor BOYD who was underway to Egypt to become the Deputy Air Officer Commanding, Middle East.
Crew:
29215 S/L Norman Philip SAMUELS DFC - PoW
613970 Sgt Charles William EVANS - PoW
33367 F/O Anthony James PAYNE - PoW
85693 P/O John Cherry WATSON - PoW
532132 Sgt William WYNN - PoW
Passengers:
A/M Owen Tudor BOYD CB OBE MC AFC - PoW
425291 F/O James Thompson LEEMING - PoW
Sources:
1.Bomber Command Losses In the Middle East and Med. (Volume 1: 1939-1942) David Gunby & Pelham Temple, page 31
2.AIR81/4292
3.https://www.thehistoryreader.com/military-history/owen-boyd/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Sep-2025 14:30 | MMR | Added |
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