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Re: Wellington losses over Romania in May 1944

La Chasse De Nuit Germano-Roumaine 1943-1944. Jean-Louis Roba Et Cristian Craciunoiu; pp48-49
3/4 MAY 1944
HE956 JN°H 150 Sqn, F/Sgt HINCHLIFFE , force-landed Han Hoti, Albania (possibly technical trouble); 5 POWs.
4/5 MAY 1944
NOTHING ???
5/6 MAY 1944
6 MAY 1944 01H05 Hptm LÜTJE, Kommandeur IV./NJG 6, Claimed a Wellington identified as
LP191 BL°R 40 Sqn, F/Sgt Donald ROYLE, crashed Valea Lunga, Romania;5 KIA.
http://aircrewremembered.com/royle-donald.html
HZ814 LF°B 37 Sqn, Sgt PARKES, one engine lost power, aborted, supposedly lost at sea; 5 MIAs.
ME827 [Lancaster serial, typo for ME872] LF°S 37 Sqn, ditched at sea; 1 MIA [W/Op], 4 picked up and returned.
http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au search for ME872
MUIR, Jack Wallace - (Flight Sergeant); Service Number - 423207; File type - Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Wellington MKID ME872; Place - at sea 60 miles off Yugoslavian Coast; Date - 5 May 1944
HOARE, George Tyler - (Flight Sergeant); Service Number - 426878; File type - Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Wellington 10 ME872; Place - at sea off Yugoslavia Coast; Date - 5 May 1944
From
HOARE GEORGE TYTLER : Service Number - 426878 : Date of birth - 27 Oct 1922 : Place of birth - ROCKHAMPTON QLD : Place of enlistment - BRISBANE : Next of Kin - HOARE GEORGE
2H10 flying time, probably an early abort.

P.S. 1622193 is HINCHLIFFE not HINCHCLIFFE
http://ww1cemeteries.com/british_cem...churchyard.htm
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