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| Date: | Monday 16 September 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Vickers Wellesley Mk 1 |
| Owner/operator: | 223 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L2664 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Kassala -
 Sudan
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Summit ALG, Port Sudan, Sudan |
Took off from Summit for a bombing mission over the aerodrome at Gura, Eritrea. Lost without a trace in bad weather.
Crew:
41083 P/O Grahame Edmund WALKER - missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial Column 239
521074 Sgt Humphrey Lawrence Stewart PRICE - missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial Column 240
Sources:
1.ORB 223 Sqdn RAF
2.https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/topic/57114-air-war-over-the-horn-of-africa-1940-1941/page/3/
3.chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://highgate-rsl.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Wesley_College_RoH.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Mar-2008 05:27 | JINX | Added |
| 06-Oct-2018 06:08 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Source, Operator, ] |
| 01-Sep-2025 10:54 | MMR | Updated [Date, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
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