Fincham, William Edward
Prisoner of War 1942-06-15
Birth Date: unkown date
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Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: Unknown
Service
RCAF
Unit
69 (BR) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
With Vigilance We Serve
Base
RAF Luqa, Malta
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Sergeant
Service Numbers
R/77413
PoW: 39181
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)Baltimore Mk. I AG699
Reconnaissance 1942-June-15 to 1942-June-15
(BR) Sqn (RAF) Luqa Airfield, Malta
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
[Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database]...
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Baltimore AG699
Martin Baltimore
USAAF - Official U.S. Air Force photo 051122-F-1234P-023
The Martin 187 Baltimore was a twin-engined light attack bomber built by the Glenn L. Martin Company in the United States as the A-30. The model was originally ordered by the French in May 1940 as a follow-up to the earlier Martin Maryland, then in service in France. With the fall of France, the production series was diverted to Great Britain and after mid-1941, supplied by the U.S. as Lend Lease equipment.
Development of the Baltimore was hindered by a series of problems, although the type eventually became a versatile combat aircraft. Produced in large numbers, the Baltimore was not used operationally by United States armed forces but eventually served with the British, Canadian, Australian, South African, Hellenic and the Italian air forces. it was subsequently used almost exclusively in the Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II.Wikipedia
Wikipedia Martin Baltimore Bomber 
Martin Baltimore BomberBaltimore AG699 Mk. I - Reconnaissance - 1942-06-15 to 1942-06-15
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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
[Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database]...
After 80 years the solve the mystery of a WWII plane that force...
Solved: Riddle of the RAF bomber found on the seabed thousands of mile...
(23) World War Two sunken RAF bomber aircraft found off the coast...