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| Date: | Sunday 16 March 1941 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Vickers Wellesley Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 47 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | K8527 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Keren -
 Eritrea
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Agordat, Eritrea |
Took off from Agordat for a mission to Keren to bomb Italian troop concentrations. Over target the plane was shot down by Italian CR.42s.
Crew:
85001 P/O Alexander George LEUCHARS - PoW
958277 Sgt Stanley William Jack ENGLISH - killed - Keren War Cemetery, Eritrea
975720 Sgt Charles William MINN - killed - Keren War Cemetery, Eritrea
Sources:
1.Bomber Command Losses In the Middle East and Med. (Volume 1: 1939-1942) David Gunby & Pelham Temple, page 46
2.AIR81/5455 (Registration M8527 not correct in AIR81)
3.https://www.ww2incolor.com/gallery/british-forces/50836/wellesley-at-kassala
4.CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Sep-2025 08:49 | MMR | Added |
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