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| Date: | Tuesday 25 February 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 70 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | T2891 |
| MSN: | O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Cropani -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Luqa, Malta |
| RAF Luqa, Malta |
After a mission to Tripoli, Libya, on return to Luqa the plane was far off course and was running out of fuel. Crewmembers were ordered to bail out over Catanzaro, Italy, and 4 of six did so.
Crew:
42499 P/O George Henry GREEN - killed - Naples War Cemetery, Italy
39945 F/O Austin Fletcher PAIN - killed - Naple War Cemetery, Italy
759307 Sgt E. GREEN - PoW
????? Sgt A.E. LIMBRICK (RNZAF) - PoW
759170 Sgt Ronald MEAD - PoW
530971 Sgt George Thomas NORKER - PoW
Sources:
1.Bomber Command Losses In the Middle East and Med. (Volume 1: 1939-1942) David Gunby & Pelham Temple, page 44
2.AIR81/5263
3.https://rommelsriposte.com/2016/02/25/d-a-k-war-diary-25-february-1941/
4.CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Sep-2025 09:36 | MMR | Added |
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