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| Date: | Sunday 16 March 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 37 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R1387 |
| MSN: | LF-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Tirana -
 Albania
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Paramythia, Greece |
Took off from Paramythia at 20:30hrs for a mission to Tirana, Albania. Plane was shot down by Italian CR.42s.
Crew:
745143 Sgt Dennis Charles MURRELL - killed - Tirana Park Memorial Cemetery, Albania
???????? Sgt C. BRETT - PoW
550234 Sgt Richard Lennard CHERRINGTON - killed no known grave - Alamein Memorial Column 242
811173 Sgt Stanley NEWMAN - killed - Tirana Park Memorial Cemetery, Albania
938066 Sgt Reginald Harry SMITH - PoW
60317 P/O Derek Lister D'angers WILLIS - PoW
Sources:
1.Bomber Command Losses In the Middle East and Med. (Volume 1: 1939-1942) David Gunby & Pelham Temple, page 46
2.AIR81/5479
3.CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Sep-2025 09:16 | MMR | Added |
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