Paddington, Queensland (parents)
Medjez-El-Bab War Cemetery, Tunisia
Greaves, Alick (Flt. Sergeant)
Killed in Action 1942-June-15
Birth Date: 1918-March-11
Born: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Parents: Alick and Grace Greaves
Spouse:
Home: Paddington, Queensland (parents)
Enlistment: Brisbane, Queensland
Enlistment Date: 1940-April-26
Service
RAAF
Unit
69 (BR) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
With Vigilance We Serve
Base
RAF Luqa, Malta
Rank
Flt. Sergeant
Position
Observer
Service Numbers
404016
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Finadagrave.comCrew or Other Personnel
Baltimore AG699
Mission
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
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Baltimore AG699 Mk. I - Reconnaissance - 1942-06-15 to 1942-06-15
Squadron: (BR) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1942-06-15
Completion Date: 1942-06-15
Mission: Reconnaissance
Operation: unspecified
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Base: Luqa Airfield, Malta
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Crash City: Mediterranean Sea
Crash Specifics: off the coast of the Italian island of Linosa
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
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War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
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...