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Originally Posted by Leendert
Alex,
Did some further CWGC searches.
Name is off, but only RAF pilot casualty buried in Nigeria in presumed time period is Sgt (Pilot) Leslie Luck of 229 Squadron, died 4 Oct 1941.
He was from Hendon, so in greater London area.
In another book while looking for 229 Sqdn I read that some pilots were sent to Takoradi to pick up Hurricanes and fly them to Egypt in Sept 1941...
Perhaps ORB of 229 Squadron can give further insight.
Regards,
Leendert
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Hello,
A possibility for Sgt Luck:
Hurricane II BD819 - Takoradi - Hit radio mast on low run: crashed and blew up, Oshogbo (Osogbo), Nigeria. 4-10-1941.
See: A-B/RAF A/C BA100 to BZ999/29.
The then, F/Sgt Lewis Stuart BEVIS RAFVR*, was piloting Hurricane II BN157. Bevis force-landed BN157 and overturned. He was rescued, slightly injured, and taken to Luxor where he picked up another Hurricane and continued his flight to Cairo (Kilo 8). He force-landed once again, and after much labour, was able to construct a rudimentary runway and later, take-off again landing at Asyut, in Egypt.
*Lewis Bevis KCVSA, (NYHL,1947), passed away aged 82, in NSW, on 18 April, 1997.
See:
A Prayer Answered.
F/Lt Lewis S. Bevis, RAF., MID.(3)
In - Odd Bods at War 1939-1945.
Kincumber:Odd Bods UK. Association (NSW Branch),1988.
pp.61-5.
See also:
Out of the Blue:The Role of Luck in Air Warfare 1917-1966
Lucas,Laddie (ed.)
Hutchinson:London.1985
pp.108-11
Col.