Baltimore Mk. I AG699

Reconnaissance 1942-June-15 to 1942-June-15

69 Squadron RAF (With vigilance we serve), Luqa, Malta. Baltimore I aircraft was lost on a reconnaissance mission to the island of Pantelleria, crashing off coast of the Italian island of Linosa, 1942-06-15, cause unknown

Pilot, Flight Sergeant A Greaves (RAAF) was killed in action

Sergeant W E Fincham (RCAF), Sergeant F W Baum (RAFVR) and Sergeant R T Purslow (RAFVR) survived and were taken as Prisoners of War

Sergeant Purslow died 1943-12-17 as a Prisoner of War in a camp in Germany

The wreckage of this aircraft was located in 2016 as part of a seabed mapping and habitat monitoring project and filmed using a remotely controlled vehicle (ROV). In 2022, Italian divers returned to the site to document and confirm the identity of the well preserved wreck

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