Vickers Wellington HX690 of 179 RAF Squadron took off from Gibraltar during the evening of 21 Jan 1943 on an anti-submarine patrol over the Mediterranean Sea. There was no communication from the Wellington after it had taken flight from its Gibraltar base, and it never returned to its base.
All six servicemen presumably died at sea.
Wellington HX690 air crew members were:-
RAF Sergeant John Henry BROWN,
RCAF Flying Officer Brian Withers CARMICHAEL,
RAAF Terence Harry GORDON-GLASSFORD,
RAF Pilot Officer George Edward HARVEY,
RAF Flying Officer John Saynor HUSTLER and
RAAF Pilot Officer Herbert Eldon BEALE (his were the only remains to wash ashore).
Military Service-
Rank: Flying Officer
Trade: Pilot
Service No: 402658
Age: 27
Service: Royal Australian Air Force
Division: 179 RAF Squadron [MOTTO: 'Delentum deleo' (I destroy the destroyer)]
Awards: Mentioned in Despatches (MiD)
Son of Torre Harry and Doris Gordon-Glassford of Darling Point, New South Wales, Australia. He was an International Oarsman competitor.
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Vickers Wellington HX690 of 179 RAF Squadron took off from Gibraltar during the evening of 21 Jan 1943 on an anti-submarine patrol over the Mediterranean Sea. There was no communication from the Wellington after it had taken flight from its Gibraltar base, and it never returned to its base.
All six servicemen presumably died at sea.
Wellington HX690 air crew members were:-
RAF Sergeant John Henry BROWN,
RCAF Flying Officer Brian Withers CARMICHAEL,
RAAF Terence Harry GORDON-GLASSFORD,
RAF Pilot Officer George Edward HARVEY,
RAF Flying Officer John Saynor HUSTLER and
RAAF Pilot Officer Herbert Eldon BEALE (his were the only remains to wash ashore).
Military Service-
Rank: Flying Officer
Trade: Pilot
Service No: 402658
Age: 27
Service: Royal Australian Air Force
Division: 179 RAF Squadron [MOTTO: 'Delentum deleo' (I destroy the destroyer)]
Awards: Mentioned in Despatches (MiD)
Son of Torre Harry and Doris Gordon-Glassford of Darling Point, New South Wales, Australia. He was an International Oarsman competitor.
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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