Curphey, Lewin Henry (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1943-January-13

Flying Officer Lewin Henry Curphey RCAF

Birth Date: 1919

Born:

Parents: Robert Lewin Curphey & Gabrielle Pernault Curphey

Spouse:

Home: Sherbrooke, Quebec (parents)

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

112 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Swift In Destruction

Base

RAF Hamraiet or Bir Dufan, Lybia.

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

J/7769

Home
Google MapSherbrooke, Quebec (parents)
Memorial Location
Google MapAlamein War Memorial
Column 271

Took off from Libya in Kittyhawk FR-195 on a bomber escort Mission and failed to return, (most likely lost in the sea).

Flying Officer Curphey has no known grave and is commemorated on the Alamein War Memorial (http://raf-112-squadron.org/planelosses.html)

(The serial FR195 was properly applied to a Mitchell bomber, but according to research by Buz at www.rafcommands.com several Kittyhawk fighters with serials applied to other aircraft did exist and were used by this Squadron. The reason remains a mystery)

Flying Officer Curphey was BROTHER to Flying Officer Robert Maurice Curphey (RCAF), killed in a flying accident 1942-11-22 in 400 Sqn Master N 8067 in England

Unvetted Source 112 Plane Codes-112 Squadron

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)