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| Date: | Saturday 1 April 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Lockheed Ventura GR Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 500 (County of Kent) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | FP633 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Location: | Mediterranean Sea, off Algeria -
 Algeria
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | La Senia, Algeria |
| La Senia, Algeria |
Failed to return from a convoy patrol.
Later found to have been shot down in mistake by an Allied Beaufighter.
All five crew were lost and are commemorated on the Malta Memorial.
Flying Officer Wayne Sheldon Shea RCAF, Flying Officer Vernon Clifford Pockson RNZAF, Pilot Officer Frederick Joseph Schmidt RCAF, Warrant-Officer Henry Ernest Parsloe RAFVR, and Sergeant John Philip Taylor RAFVR.
R.I.P.
Sources:
RAF Casualties-1944
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Jan-2013 15:31 | angels one five | Added |
| 14-Jun-2013 18:22 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 10-May-2015 06:15 | angels one five | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 03-Jun-2015 16:16 | Z. Zeeland | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ] |
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