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Re: F/L Richard Donald Mattock, DFC and BAR
Adriano,
Can't help with registration over at RafCommands! I needed a member of that Forum to see your posting.
Mattock had previously served on No.37 Sqn in the Middle East.
17/18-10-1941
No.37 Sqn
Wellington IC Z8735 'N'
Op: Benghazi
Took off 1840, LG 104. Ran out of fuel on return, unable to locate ALG and crashed in a forced landing 3km SE of Gilal Railway Station. All suffered minor injuries.
AUS404064 Sgt (Pilot) Ronald Albert MIRRE* RAAF - Slight shock
999610 Sgt (Pilot) Richard Donald MATTOCK RAFVR - Minor injuries
J/3496 P/O (Nav.) J F R MITCHELL RCAF - Minor injuries
997260 Sgt (W.Op./Air Gnr.) Tom PENROSE RAFVR - Minor Injuries
1377477 Sgt (W.Op./Air Gnr.) J BLANCHE RAFVR - Minor injuries
1013276 Sgt (Air Gnr.) Charles Victor CATHERALL RAFVR - Minor injuries
* aka - Ronald Albert HEINEMANN-MIRRE.
See:
Royal Air Force Bomber Losses in the Middle East and Mediterranean Vol.1: 1939-1942
Gunby,David & Pelham Temple.
Hinckley:Midland Publishing,2006.
p.90
Tom Penrose went missing with No.37 Sqn on 8/9-2-1943, and Charles Catherall likewise, on 16-11-1941.
Confirmation/corrections welcomed.
Col.
Last edited by Col Bruggy; 4th February 2012 at 04:22.
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