Sgt Lythed RAAF and crew info needed...
 

Hiya all,

I have picked a few nice photos up on ebay, hence the few pleas for help on here! The first is info on a Sgt Lythed and his crew. They were in a crash in Malta. I am trying to find any info on the type of aircraft and anything further on the crew. Any help would be great. (Photos attached).

Thanks

Danny

Re: Sgt Lythed RAAF and crew info needed...
 

,Hello,

Never any Lythed in the RAAF, WWII.

The airman is 938367 Sgt Dennis LYTH, he was involved in the following incident:

14-15 September 1941
No.38 Squadron RAF
Wellington IC X9685
Op: Tripoli.

Took off Luqa to lay mines off Tripoli Harbour. On return the starboard engine cut out near Malta and the propeller and reduction gear were lost; crash-landed at Luqa.

AUS404061 Sgt Stanley John RANE* RAAF - Injured
938367 Sgt Dennis LYTH - Injured
J4767 P/O Donald Stewart MacLEAN RCAF
645575 Sgt J C SMITH - Injured
R52868 Sgt Jack Francis OTTEN RCAF - Injured
1051943 Sgt Alexander MAXWELL - Injured

* See: http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.as...eranid=1060982

See: BLME1/84

NB.

Section Four: Corrections and additional information.

14-15 September (1941)

Wellington IC X9685. DBF. Fireman AC1 J Bond was killed by an exploding bomb while rescuing the crew. He lies in Malta (Capuccini) Naval Cemetery. CWGC gives 16 September as the date of death.

See: BLME2/230

Unfortunately, several of the others mentioned on the back of the photo, lost their lives later on, serving with No.38 Squadron in the Middle East:

G.H. HELLYER - + 19/20-11-1942 - No.38 Sqn - Wellington IC T2991 - BLME1/99
N.J. SHARPE - + 19/20-11-1942 - No.38 Sqn - Wellington IC T2991 - BLME1/99
J.R.H. MAIN - + 22-3-1942 - No.38 Sqn - Wellington IC Z9110 - BLME1/134
J.R.P. MANN - + 7/8-4-1942 - No.38 Sqn - Wellington IC AD604 - BLME1/138

Col.