B-17 CC Additional Material by Robert M Stitt

220 Sqn Detachment air
and ground personnel with
AN532 ‘J’ (still wearing the
90 Sqn unit code 'WP') at
Sidi Barrani on March 10,
1942, the morning after an
encounter with a Messerschmitt
Bf 110. Left to right:
Cpl Jones (electrician), Cpl
Holmes (armourer), Sgt
Thomas Gwynn (air gunner),
LAC Ferguson (instrument
repairer), Plt Off William
Struthers (observer), Sub Lt
Spademan, RN (liaison),
Sgt Lesslie Wardill (fighter
controller), Flg Off James C
Stevenson (captain) and Sgt
McRoberts (air gunner).
Westland Lysander I L4710
of the Western Desert Communication
Unit, believed
taken at Khartoum, Egypt,
around April 1942. The
Lysander overturned and
was destroyed by fire while
landing in the desert near
Cairo on July 6, 1942.
Bristol Blenheim IV V5582
of 14 Sqn, likely at Khartoum,
around April 1942.
The Blenheim was damaged
beyond repair at LG.116 on
June 12, 1942, when Sgt T
C Bullock stalled on landing
at the end of a night training
flight and the undercarriage
collapsed. Bullock died in the
loss of Marauder IA FK371
of 14 Sqn on April 25, 1943.
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