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| Date: | Sunday 31 August 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 148 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z8791 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wadi Suissaba -
 Libya
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | LG 208 Mahsma, Egypt |
Took off from LG Z/LG 208 Mahsma, Egypt, to bomb the harbour at Benghazi, Libya. Failed to return but the 148 Sqn ORB states that the burnt-out aircraft and three bodies were found by an Army forward patrol near Wadi Suissaba (96 kilometers south of Tobruk)
Crew:
748151 F/Sgt Ronald Thomas GAYER - missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial, Column 242.
901851 Sgt Robert James COLLIER - missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial, Addenda Panel Columns 285/286.
1154313 Sgt Reginald Thomas DODD - killed no known grave - Alamein Memorial, Addenda Panel Columns 285/286.
1165852 Sgt Norman JARVIS - missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial, Addenda Panel Columns 285/286.
1165301 Sgt Gerald Charles Sommerville LEACH - killed no known grave - Alamein Memorial, Addenda Panel Columns 285/286.
1377488 Sgt Leslie Gabriel McCORMACK - killed no known grave - Alamein Memorial, Addenda Panel Columns 285/286.
Sources:
1.Bomber Command Losses In the Middle East and Med. (Volume 1: 1939-1942) David Gunby & Pelham Temple, page 82
2.AIR81/8793
3.CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Oct-2025 11:00 | MMR | Added |
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