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| Date: | Thursday 16 December 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas Boston Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 114 (Hong Kong) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W8290 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Missing -
 Italy
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | No. 1 LG Foggia airfield (Italy) |
At 21:40 hrs on 16 December 1943, Douglas Boston III W8290 took off from No. 1 Landing Ground, Foggia, to conduct a reconnaissance operation to locate an enemy convoy in the Ancona area and Rimini.
Nothing more was heard from it and it failed to return to base. See source 1.
The crew members on this sortie were all killed. They are listed as:
Crew:
P/O Terence Bruce Sheekey (Aus.412720 RAAF) - Pilot
P/O Gilbert Owen (174323 RAFVR) - Navigator
F/Sgt Colin Coe (1291120 RAFVR) - WOp/Air Gunner
Sgt Richard Herbert Lloyd (1605342 RAFVR) - Air Gunner
See source 2.
Colin Coe is commemorated on a family memorial in the churchyard of St Mary Magdalene Church, North Ockendon. Havering, London and on a community memorial in the church. Please see sources 3 and 4.
Sources:
1. AIR 27 882/83 held at UK National Archives.
2. AIR 27 882/84
3. https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/53031
4. https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/80070
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Apr-2023 16:15 | Richard | Added |
| 08-May-2024 11:31 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
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