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| Date: | Saturday 21 June 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 38 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | T2748 |
| MSN: | K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | |
| Location: | Unknown -
 Libya
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Shallufa, Egypt |
After a bombing mission targeting harbour installations in Benghazi, Libya, messages were received indicating that an engine had failed. The aircraft crashed approximately 160 miles east of the target. Two men survived (likely ordered to bail out), but there is no trace of the aircraft or the rest of the crew.
Crew:
754624 Sgt Cyril George Ellery NEWTON - missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial Column 243 (*)
? Sgt G.M. BARCLAY - PoW
401457 Sgt David Aubrey CONNOLLY (RNZAF) - missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial Column 246
906079 Sgt Harry GODFREY - missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial Column 243
518242 F/Sgt Henry LILLEY - missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial Column 242
? F/Lt R.W.B. RAINFORD - PoW
(*) Date of death according to CWGC: 11-07-1941
Sources:
1.Bomber Command Losses In the Middle East and Med. (Volume 1: 1939-1942) David Gunby & Pelham Temple, page 69
2.AIR81/15377
3.CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Oct-2025 11:00 | MMR | Added |
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