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Re: Hurricane loss 14. Juni 1941 Western Dessert
Hello,
Your photos show the wreck of No.24 SAAF Sqn Maryland II 1609. Lt E C Newborn PoW, 3 killed in action. Shot down by Oblt Ludwig Franzisket, of I./JG27.
202917 Lt (Pilot) E C Newborn SAAF (baled out) PoW
47930 2nd Lt Charles Cornack GORDON SAAF +
102315 Air Sgt (W.Op./Air Gnr.) Paul Wilhelm De Beer BOTHMA SAAF +
102350 Air Sgt Reginald Ernest Oatley GILES SAAF +
The dead are now buried in Knightsbridge War Cemetery.
Your second shot, shows "Edu" Neumann (2nd right), and Marseille, 5th from right.
A Life photographer later took photos of this gravesite.
Col.
Last edited by Col Bruggy; 1st April 2013 at 21:28.
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