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| Date: | Wednesday 18 December 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Bristol Blenheim Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 30 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | L8462 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | sea near Sarande -
 Albania
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF ??? |
Blenheim L8462: shot down and crashed at sea near Sarande, Albania, 18/12/1940.
Crew:
F/O Steven PAGET (41530) pilot RAF - missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial Column 239
Sgt George SIGSWORTH (519458) Obs. RAF - missing believed killed - Alamein Memorial Column 240
Sgt William TUBBERDY (538072) WOp/AG RAF - killed - Tirana Park Memorial Cemetery, Albania (*)
(*) according to David Gunby & Pelham Temple in their book the grave of William TUBBERDY in Albania is lost and he is commemorated on Special Memorial E in Phaleron War Cemetery, Greece. However CWGC does not record this, their record is Tirana Park Memorial Cemetery in Albania.
Sources:
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/wardead/details.php?qnum=110289
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/archive/index.php?t-39822.html
CWGC
AIR81/4633
Bomber Command Losses In the Middle East and Med. (Volume 1: 1939-1942) David Gunby & Pelham Temple, page 35
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Nov-2020 11:52 | gerard57 | Added |
| 08-Oct-2024 10:11 | Nepa | Updated [Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 06-Sep-2025 08:03 | MMR | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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