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| Date: | Friday 21 February 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 37 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | T2575 |
| MSN: | LF-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mediterranean Sea - |
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Shallufa, Egypt |
| RAF Luqa, Malta |
Transit flight from Shallufa, Egypt, to Luqa, Malta. Some 175km South East of Malta the plane blew up.
Crew:
42228 F/O Alban Gordon William HOUGH - missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial Column 241
629458 Sgt John Lawrence BAXTER - missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial Column 242
42188 F/O Ronald Charles William BROAD - missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial Column 241
82212 P/O George Cornell MUIR - missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial Column 241
42943 F/O Arthur Alexander SCOTT - missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial Column 241
624357 Sgt John Etheridge VALLER - missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial Column 244
Sources:
1.Bomber Command Losses In the Middle East and Med. (Volume 1: 1939-1942) David Gunby & Pelham Temple, page 43
2.AIR81/5212
3.https://caspir.warplane.com/personnel/unit-search/p/600009266
4.https://rotherhamwarmemorials.weebly.com/part-41.html
5.CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Sep-2025 16:23 | MMR | Added |
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