ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 294592
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| Date: | Monday 23 November 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 37 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R9693 |
| MSN: | LF-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near Kastelli Pediados airfield, Crete -
 Greece
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | LG106 El Dabaa Egypt |
Aircraft shot down by flak over Kastelli Pediados airfiel. Other squadron bombers saw the aircraft get hit and crash. All crewmembers perished in crash. Local civilians who witnessed the crash reported the aircraft caught fire after being hit by flak and exploded in mid air.
Crew:
Pilot: J/10829 P/O Edmund David Fleishman AFM (RCAF)
Co-pilot: R/97534 Sgt Lawrence Edgar Mathews (RCAF)
Navigator: 1289206 Sgt George Richardson Haugh (RAFVR)
Bomb Aimer: 117444 F/O Elwood Maurice William Bolton (RAFVR)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1152465 Sgt Robert Arthur Giles (RAFVR)
Air Gunner: 1190196 Sgt Thomas Cecil Westwood (RAFVR)
Sources:
Loss report from P/O Fleishman's and Sgt Matthews' personnel files from DND Archives Canada
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/936686
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/936918
https://www.rcafassociation.ca/heritage/search-awards/?search=fleishman&searchfield=lastname&type=all
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/ParadieArchiveDatabase/?
q=fleishman&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/37_wwII.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Oct-2022 20:48 | tachel | Added |
| 12-Oct-2022 14:59 | tachel | Updated [Departure airport] |
| 12-Oct-2022 15:19 | tachel | Updated [Cn, Source] |
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