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| Date: | Friday 14 February 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 38 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | T2742 |
| MSN: | H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Asciplio, Rhodes -
 Greece
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Shallufa, Egypt |
Took off at 23:55hrs (13-02-1941) for a mission to Scarpanto, Greece. Shot down by flak.
Crew:
85231 P/O Anthony Bromley LOVERIDGE - killed - Rhodes War Cemetery, Greece
82201 P/O Frederick John LESLIE - killed - Rhodes War Cemetery, Greece
970973 Sgt Thomas Marshall MOORE - killed - Rhodes War Cemetery, Greece
754363 Sgt Alastair Ian Grant MCLEAN - killed - Rhodes War Cemetery, Greece
82959 P/O Ronald Leslie PATTLE - killed - Rhodes War Cemetery, Greece
755883 Sgt William Kenneth WINTERBOTTOM - killed - Rhodes War Cemetery, Greece
Sources:
1.Bomber Command Losses In the Middle East and Med. (Volume 1:1939-1942) D Gunby & P Temple, page 42
2.AIR81/5135
3.CWGC
4.https://sheffieldwarmemorials.weebly.com/sheffield-and-ecclesall-co-op.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Sep-2025 16:15 | MMR | Added |
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