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| Date: | Sunday 12 January 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 148 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | T2874 |
| MSN: | W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Catania, Sicily -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Luqa, Malta |
Took off from Luqa, Malta, for a mission to Catania, Italy. Shot down.
Crew:
42424 P/O George Kenneth NOBLE - killed (*)
633545 Sgt Samuel Victor HEARFIELD - killed
81022 P/O Jack STIDOLPH - killed
751685 Sgt Robert Claude VERRAN - killed
935111 Sgt John Irving WILSON - killed (*)
Entire crew is buried at Catania War Cemetery, Sicily, Italy.
(*) Date of death according to CWGC of these two men is 12-01-1941 while the other crewmembers have a date of death 13-01-1941.
Sources:
1.Bomber Command Losses In the Middle East and Med. (Volume 1: 1939-1942) David Gunby & Pelham Temple, page 39
2.AIR81/4855
3.chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.oldrendcombian.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/RC-War-Record-Roll-of-Honour-Final-Aug2022v4.pdf
4.https://www.southafricawargraves.org/search/details.php?id=24229
5.CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Sep-2025 07:32 | MMR | Added |
| 07-Sep-2025 08:04 | MMR | Updated [Date, Narrative, ] |
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