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| Date: | Monday 28 April 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 45 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z5898 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Sea off the coast of Tobruk -
 Libya
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Tobruk, Libya |
Took off for a mission to transport passengers back to Egypt. After take off the plane was immediately attacked by German Bf 109s and was shot down into the sea.
Crew:
84982 P/O Bruce Cartwright De Gardanne ALLAN - missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial Column 241
746727 F/Sgt Leonard Woolford MORLING- missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial Column 242
Passengers:
33078 S/Ldr David Pringle BARCLAY- missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial Column 239
80857 P/O Stephen Edward BELOE- missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial Column 241
74806 S/Ldr the Rev. James Ernest COX- missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial Column 239
23235 W/C David Victor JOHNSON- missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial Column 239
58656 Capt. Ronald William PLOWRIGHT - Queens Own Yorkshire Dragoons / Royal Armourd Corps - missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial Column 29
Sources:
1.Bomber Command Losses In the Middle East and Med. Volume 1: 1939-1942. David Gunby & Pelham Temple, page 56
2.AIR81/6157
3.CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Sep-2025 11:47 | MMR | Added |
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