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| Date: | Sunday 2 November 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Ic |
| Owner/operator: | OADU RAF |
| Registration: | Z1040 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Missing - Mediterranean Sea - |
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Gibraltar |
| RAF Luqa, Malta |
Took off between 20:40hrs and 21:30hrs from Gibraltar for the delivery of the aircraft to Luqa, Malta. Shot down by Sottoten Virgilio Vanzan of 10 Gruppo.
Crew:
1065792 Sgt Roy WADE - missing believed killed - Runnymede Memorial, panel 54.
1173959 Sgt Neville BRADLEY - missing believed killed - Runnymede Memorial, panel 40.
1259895 Sgt William Henry JEFFRIES - missing believed killed - Runnymede Memorial, panel 46.
615966 Sgt Eric Alfred MAIN - missing believed killed - Runnymede Memorial, panel 48.
R/72387 Sgt James Gordon SMITH (RCAF) - missing believed killed - Runnymede Memorial, panel 61.
1377021 Sgt George Eric WILLIAMSON - missing believed killed - Runnymede Memorial, panel 55. (*)
(*) Date of death according to CWGC 03-11-1941, date of death of the rest of the crew according to CWGC is 02-11-1941.
Sources:
1.Bomber Command Losses In the Middle East and Med. (Volume 1: 1939-1942) David Gunby & Pelham Temple, page 94
2.AIR81/10053
3.CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2025 16:55 | MMR | Added |
| 24-Oct-2025 16:57 | MMR | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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