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| Date: | Tuesday 4 February 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 3 Group Training Flight RAF |
| Registration: | R1385 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Missing - |
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Stradishall |
| RAF Luqa, Malta |
Took off from RAF Stadishall for a dilivery flight for Luqa, Malta. Lost without a trace.
Crew:
79558 P/O Arthur Landon Thomas TODD - missing believed killed - Runnymede Memorial panel 35
755013 Sgt Thomas Seymor Henley HUNTER - missing believed killed - Runnymede Memorial panel 45
654626 Sgt Geoffrey John LITTLE - missing believed killed - Runnymede Memorial panel 47
745848 Sgt Robert PLAYER - missing believed killed - Runnymede Memorial panel 50
746741 Sgt James PRINGLE - missing believed killed - Runnymede Memorial panel 50
755292 Sgt Norman ROWELL - missing believed killed - Runnymede Memorial panel 51
Sources:
1.Bomber Command Losses In the Middle East and Med. (Volume 1: 1939-1942) David Gunby & Pelham Temple, page 40
2.AIR81/15371
3.https://www.aviationinmalta.com/MilitaryAviation/Deliveries/WorldWarTwo/Wellington/tabid/928/language/de-DE/Default.aspx
4.CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Sep-2025 12:18 | MMR | Added |
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