Purslow, Robert Tettrell (Sergeant)
Prisoner of War 1943-December-17
Birth Date: 1922
Born:
Parents: Son of Henry and Jane Ethel Purslow, of Colchester, Essex
Spouse:
Home: Colchester, Essex, England
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAFVR
Unit
69 (BR) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
With Vigilance We Serve
Base
Luqa Airfield, Malta
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Air Gunner
Service Numbers
1271807
Colchester, Essex, England
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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1942-June-15 Sergeant Prisoner of War Died
Baltimore Mk. I |
69 BR Sqn RAF |
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Captured originally by Italian Forces, Sergeant Purslow was transferred to a POW camp in Germany and die there 1943-12-17 From the duplicate record (entered by Peter Foley), added 2026-10-20: POW camp not listed, died in captivity (POW). Buried Klagenfurt War Cemetery, Austria; Baltimore Mk. I AG699 Aircraft was to observe the naval traffic in the area around the Pantelleria island, but it came down in the sea 500m offshore of the Italian Island of Linosa, off Sicily |
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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
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