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| Date: | Saturday 2 August 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Ic |
| Owner/operator: | OADU RAF |
| Registration: | Z8773 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sea east of Algiers -
 Algeria
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Gibraltar |
| RAF Luqa, Malta |
Took off from Gibraltar for Malta. Engine cut and plane ditched in heavy seas off the coast of Algiers, Algeria.
Crew:
? ? Sgt L.D. CURTIS - slightly injured
1251238 Sgt Andrew William ALLARDICE - missing believed killed - Runnymede Memorial, panel 38.
1282137 Sgt Allan Hughes GEILS - missing believed killed - Runnymede Memorial, panel 43.
1002330 Sgt Reginald Ernest JONES - missing believed killed - Runnymede Memorial, panel 46.
978746 Sgt John Gerald O'CALLAGHAN - missing believed killed - Runnymede Memorial, panel 49.
937553 F/Sgt Gilbert PROUT - missing believed killed - Runnymede Memorial, panel 37.
Sources:
1.Bomber Command Losse In the Middle East and Med. (Volume 1: 1939-1942) David Gunby & Pelham Temple, page 77
2.AIR81/8042
3.CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Oct-2025 15:09 | MMR | Added |
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