Date & Time:
Jul 25, 1942
Type of aircraft:
Short S.25 Sunderland
Operator:
Registration:
L5806
Flight Phase:
Flight
Flight Type:
Survey / Patrol / Reconnaissance
Survivors:
No
Site:
Lake, Sea, Ocean, River
Country:
World
Region:
World
Crew on board:
13
Crew fatalities:
13
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
13
Circumstances:
Disappeared into the Mediterranean sea while performing a maritime patrol flight. No trace of the aircraft nor the crew was ever found.
Crew (230th Squadron):
F/O Jack S. Bentley,
F/O Albert G. B. Williams,
F/Lt Ephraim H. Brown,
F/Lt William A. Chapman,
P/O Eric E. T. Cattemull,
P/O Kenneth F. Harding,
P/O Herbert H. Nash,
F/Sgt Leonard Blashill,
F/Sgt Roland L. Manley,
Sgt William Bulman,
Sgt Alastair H. MacDonald,
Sgt Amon Riding,
Sgt Eric S. C. Williams.
Crew (230th Squadron):
F/O Jack S. Bentley,
F/O Albert G. B. Williams,
F/Lt Ephraim H. Brown,
F/Lt William A. Chapman,
P/O Eric E. T. Cattemull,
P/O Kenneth F. Harding,
P/O Herbert H. Nash,
F/Sgt Leonard Blashill,
F/Sgt Roland L. Manley,
Sgt William Bulman,
Sgt Alastair H. MacDonald,
Sgt Amon Riding,
Sgt Eric S. C. Williams.
