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| Date: | Friday 2 May 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 38 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N2855 |
| MSN: | R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Shallufa -
 Egypt
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Shallufa, Egypt |
| Shallufa, Egypt |
After a mission to attack German motor transport near Derna and Tobruk, Libya, a hung-up 40lb bomb was accidental released.
Personel killed:
42847 P/O Hugh William Edward LANE - died of wounds 07-05-1941 - Ismailia War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
546155 LAC Peter James CONDRY - killed - Ismailia War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
365874 Sgt Robert John KEEPER - killed - Ismailia War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
971513 LAC Royce Darwin Ratcliffe SCHOFIELD - killed - Ismailia War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
754665 F/Sgt Harold Charles Scott THOMAS - killed - Ismailia War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
Also involved in this incident:
Sgt J T CUTHBERTSON - injured
Sgt A R RICHARDS - uninjured
Sgt I TOWERS- injured
LAC E T WILLACY - injured
P/O N M WHYTE - uninjured
Sources:
1.Bomber Command Losses In the Middle East and Med. Volume 1: 1939-1942. David Gunby & Pelham Temple, page 57
2.AIR81/6208
3.CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Sep-2025 09:41 | MMR | Added |
| 21-Sep-2025 09:43 | MMR | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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