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NOTE ON DATES: IMPORTANT: For consistency, the Date is given as the date the mission TOOK OFF since the precise time of a loss is not always certain. Take Off date is unambigous and fixed in the official records, but obviously in those cases where the incident occurred before midnight UK time, then the Take Off Date will be the same as the Incident Date. Of course, most Bomber Command missions flew through midnight, therefore a Luftwaffe claim against a plane - or a locally generated crash report - may record the incident as occurring on the day following our Take Off Date. Bear this in mind when cross-referencing to our Luftwaffe Victories by Name/Date Database and other Luftwaffe sources. In some cases other sources may quote the date following our date, using locally generated reports as their source. To add to the potential for confusion, remember to take into account a Luftwaffe recorded date will be in local time, 1 hour ahead of UK time. When we discover a validated Incident Date we change our record if necessary.



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#Name*First NamesTitleRankRAF Equivalent RankService No.BornNationalityRoleAwardsAir ForceCommandUnitDateofIncident *See NoteAircraftTypeSerialCodeVictories (Fighters)BaseTimeMission                        Incident                        FateCommemoratedPhoto (Click to Expand)Referring Database                        Notes                        Links/Archive Reports
1 HiskensEdwin TytlerWarrant Officer404677AustraliaPilotRAAF249Sqn RAF
1942-10-15SpitfireVbEP340TM2 + 1 probableDefence of MaltaShot down by German ace Marian Mazurek of 1./JG 53 (30th victory).Killed Age 21Malta Memorial, Australian War Memorial



RAAF Honour RollEdwin Tyler Hiskens, 21, 2 rated air kills, 1 probable victory, 1 probable collaboration victory and 1 enemy aircraft damaged with 249Sqn RAF, assigned to defense of Malta, was shot down and killed aboard Spitfire Mk.Vb registration number EP340 coded TM by German ace Marian Mazurek of 1./JG 53 (30th victory).

Born in Rockhampton Queensland Australia on 11 Sep 1921 to Edwin Alfred Hiskens and Cecilia Agnes Hoare. Warrant Officer Edwin Tytler Hiskens passed away on 15 October 1942 in Battle Of Malta.
2 HiskensEdwin TytlerWarrant Officer404677Age 21RAAF1942-10-15KilledMalta, Malta Memorial, Panel 5, Column 1.Son Of Edwin Alfred And Cecilia Agnes Hiskens, Of Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.
3 MilliganHerbert 'Bud'Flt SgtUSAPilotRCAFFighter229Sqn RAF
1942-08-06SpitfireLuqaDefence of Malta
American volunteer with the RCAF. Landed at Luqa off HMS Eagle – flight time 3:20. Spitfire B-2 on August 1 for his first scramble over Malta. August 6 – ‘mixed with some Eyetyes’ during a 1 hour scramble in Spitfire X-V; August 15 – ‘Patrolled tanker Ohio badly damaged’. During September 1942, 'Bud' Milligan participated in three sweeps over Sicily. He recorded in his September logbook notations: “Hiskens killed; P/O Scott killed; Peters killed; Dusty Miller killed; Tim Roe killed; Micky Butler killed; Group Captain Churchill killed by flak; Bob Weaver shot down - P of W.” During October 1942, Milligan participated in twenty scrambles in twenty-four days. On October 5 he participated in a sweep over Sicily. OC ‘A’ Flight was Flight Lieutenant Art Roscoe, a former No. 71 Eagle Squadron pilot who volunteered for service on Malta (see Roscoe entries for details on his role in defection of Herbert Schmid). 'Sweep over Sicily – Roscoe and I left over there - alone.' during October: 'Bryden shot down-lost his leg; Beurling shot down and bailed out-hit in ankle; Roscoe shot up and crashed; Rip Jones killed October 17, W/Cdr. Donaldson’s hand shot off by 109. Hoagy shot up and crashed at Qrendi – killed.' On October 24, 1942, Flight Sergeant 'Bud' Milligan was shot in the ankle when the Spitfire he was piloting was attacked by a Me.109. Milligan managed to fly the damaged airplane back to base. He was sent to Cairo with other wounded pilots and spent five months recuperating. Milligan cabled his parents in New Jersey, "It's not much. I'm okay - really." Bud Milligan arrived at Malta weighing 175 lbs. and left four months later weighing 128 lbs.

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