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| Date: | Sunday 13 April 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 113 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R1033 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Missing - Libya/Egypt - |
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Shallufa, Egypt |
Took off from Shallufa, Egypt, at 20:30 for a mission to bomb Derna aerodrome in Libya. Fail to return.
Crew:
74966 F/O Harrold William Sherwood ADAMS - missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial Column 240
656246 Sgt Cuthbert Albert Ernest BIRTLES - missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial Column 242
745174 Sgt Frederick George Clifton DOWNES - missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial Column 243
84009 P/O Andrew Cohan HOLBURN - missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial Column 241
903080 Sgt Johm Mcaulay LOWE - missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial Column 243
818141 Sgt Samuel MIARA - missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial Column 243
Sources:
1.Bomber Command Losses In the Middle East and Med. (Volume 1: 1939-1942) David Gunby & Pelham Temple, page 53
2.AIR81/5875
3.https://www.rememberingthejewsofww2.com/raf/miara-samual/
4.CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Sep-2025 15:54 | MMR | Added |
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