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| Date: | Friday 23 May 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 37 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | T2895 |
| MSN: | J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Mediterranean Sea - |
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Shallufa, Egypt |
Took off from Shallufa, Egypt, at 23:00hrs to bomb Maleme aerodrome, Crete (Greece), failed to return.
Crew:
758231 Sgt Harold John MEW - missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial Column 243
400054 Sgt Patrick FIELD (RAAF) - missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial Column 246 (*)
631010 F/Sgt Ernest Miles KELSALL - missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial Column 242
759111 Sgt Peter Godfrey MARSH - missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial Column 243
553231 Sgt John ROWE - missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial Column 243
550283 Sgt Leslie Seymore TIPPER - missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial Column 244
Entry date AIR81/6611: 24-05-1941, date of death noted by CWGC: 23-05-1941. (*)
(*) Date of death Sgt Patrick FIELD (RAAF) noted by CWGC: between 23 May 1941 and 24 May 1941.
Sources:
1.Bomber Command Losses In the Middle East and Mediterranean (Volume 1: 1939-1942) David Gunby & Pelham Temple, page 62
2.AIR81/6611
3.CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Sep-2025 08:10 | MMR | Added |
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