Turner, Eric Claude (Flight Sergeant)
Killed in Action 1942-December-28
Birth Date: 1913-October-25
Born: Richmond, City of Yarra, Victoria, Australia
Parents: Son of Eric Albert and Floris Elizabeth Turner
Spouse: Husband of Gwendoline Louisa (nee Weddell) Turner, of Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Home: Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Enlistment: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Enlistment Date: 1940-November-11
Service
RAAF
Unit
104 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Strike Hard
Base
Luqa, Malta
Rank
Flight Sergeant
Position
Navigator
Service Numbers
400945
Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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Wellington Z8908
Mission
Wellington Mk. IC Z8908
Bombing 1942-December-27 to 1942-December-28
104 (B) Sqn (RAF) Luqa, Malta
104 Squadron (Strike Hard) RAF Luqa, Malta. Wellington 1c aircraft Z 8908 EP-H failed to return from an operations to bomb the docks at Tunis, Tunisia, likely shot down by heavy flak over the target with the loss of the entire crew
Warrant Officer Class 2 Samuel Jeffries (RCAF), Sergeant Randall Tyrell Cottrell (RNZAF), Sergeant Andrew Michael Coakey (RAFVR), Flight Sergeant Cyril Neville Stansbury (RAFVR), Flight sergeant Eric Claude Turner (RAFVR) and Sergeant Nathaniel Van Gelder (RAFVR) were all missing, presumed killed in action. The missing have no known graves and all are commemorated on the Malta Memorial
Wellington Z8908 Mk. IC - Bombing - 1942-12-27 to 1942-12-28
Squadron: 104 (B) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1942-12-27
Completion Date: 1942-12-28
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City:
Target Specific:
Base: Luqa, Malta
Take Off Time: 18:15:00
Squadron Code: EP-H
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Mediterranean Sea
Crash Specifics: unspecified
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: fighter
Flak Battery: unspecified
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
104 Squadron (Strike Hard) RAF Luqa, Malta. Wellington 1c aircraft Z 8908 EP-H failed to return from an operations to bomb the docks at Tunis, Tunisia, likely shot down by heavy flak over the target with the loss of the entire crew
Warrant Officer Class 2 Samuel Jeffries (RCAF), Sergeant Randall Tyrell Cottrell (RNZAF), Sergeant Andrew Michael Coakey (RAFVR), Flight Sergeant Cyril Neville Stansbury (RAFVR), Flight sergeant Eric Claude Turner (RAFVR) and Sergeant Nathaniel Van Gelder (RAFVR) were all missing, presumed killed in action. The missing have no known graves and all are commemorated on the Malta Memorial