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Archive Report: Allied Forces

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25.08.1944 No. 76 OTU Wellington X LP197 Fl/Sgt. Adams DFM

Operation: Training

Date: 25th August 1944 (Friday)

Unit: No. 76 Operational Training Unit (OTU)

Type: Wellington X

Serial: LP197

Code: Not known

Base: RAF Aqir (near Rehovot) Israel

Location: Near Ceasarea, Israel

Pilot (inst): Fl/Sgt. Cyril Gilbert Roy Adams DFM 1314989 RAFVR Age 23. Killed (1)

Pilot (u/t): Lt. Donald Ewen Macdonald 103768V SAAF Age 32. Killed

Obs: Sgt. Robert Henry Breach 925410 RAFVR Age 21. Killed

Air/Bmr: P/O. John Johnstone 181290 RAFVR Age 21. Killed

W/Op/Air/Gnr: Fl/Sgt. Thomas Robinson 1549175 RAFVR Age ? Killed

Air/Gnr: Fl/Sgt. Samuel Charles Williams 1614983 RAFVR Age 21. Killed

REASON FOR LOSS:

Interested parties in Israel (see credits) contacted us in December 2017 seeking further details on this accident. We welcome any information and credits will be placed of course.

(1) DFM awarded 23rd May 1944 whilst serving with 150 Squadron.

Burial details:

Fl/Sgt. Cyril Gilbert Roy Adams DFM. Khayat Beach War Cemetery. Collective grave. E.A. 7-14. Son of Gilbert George and Lilian Norah Adams, of Henleaze, Gloucestershire, England. Grave inscription reads: "Treasured Memories Of A Dear Son And Brother. Father, Mother And Eileen".

Lt. Donald Ewen Macdonald. Khayat Beach War Cemetery. Collective grave. E.A. 7-14. Husband of Margo Macdonald, of Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. Grave inscription reads: "In Loving Memory Of My Beloved Husband'.

Sgt. Robert Henry Breach. Khayat Beach War Cemetery. Collective grave. E.A. 7-14. No further details - are you able to assist?

P/O. Hohn Johnstone. Khayat Beach War Cemetery. Collective grave. E.A. 7-14. Son of John and Mary Johnstone, of Ballindarroch, Inverness-shire, Scotland. Grave inscription reads: "With Proud And Loving Memories".

Fl/Sgt. Thomas Robinson. Khayat Beach War Cemetery. Collective grave. E.A. 7-14. No further details - are you able to assist?

Fl/Sgt. Samuel Charles Williams. Khayat Beach War Cemetery. Collective grave. E.A. 7-14. Son of Ethel Williams and husband of Edna June Williams, of Wickford, Essex, England. Grave inscription reads: "God Gave Him Life, He Laid It Down That England Might Be Free".

Following contact from Yehuda Wegman at the Kibutz Sdot near Ceasarea, Israel - December 2017.

KTY - 23.12.2017

SPY - 17.09.2019 Addition of pupil pilot added

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Acknowledgements
Sources used by us in compiling Archive Reports include: Bill Chorley - 'Bomber Command Losses Vols. 1-9, plus ongoing revisions', Dr. Theo E.W. Boiten and Mr. Roderick J. Mackenzie - 'Nightfighter War Diaries Vols. 1 and 2', Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt - 'Bomber Command War Diaries', Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Tom Kracker - Kracker Luftwaffe Archives, Michel Beckers, Major Fred Paradie (RCAF) and Captain François Dutil (RCAF) - Paradie Archive (on this site), Jean Schadskaje, Major Jack O'Connor USAF (Retd.), Robert Gretzyngier, Wojtek Matusiak, Waldemar Wójcik and Józef Zieliński - 'Ku Czci Połeglyçh Lotnikow 1939-1945', Andrew Mielnik: Archiwum - Polish Air Force Archive (on this site), Anna Krzystek, Tadeusz Krzystek - 'Polskie Siły Powietrzne w Wielkiej Brytanii', Franek Grabowski, Polish graves: https://niebieskaeskadra.pl/, PoW Museum Żagań, Norman L.R. Franks 'Fighter Command Losses', Stan D. Bishop, John A. Hey MBE, Gerrie Franken and Maco Cillessen - Losses of the US 8th and 9th Air Forces, Vols 1-6, Dr. Theo E.W. Boiton - Nachtjagd Combat Archives, Vols 1-13. Aircrew Remembered Databases and our own archives. We are grateful for the support and encouragement of CWGC, UK Imperial War Museum, Australian War Memorial, Australian National Archives, New Zealand National Archives, UK National Archives and Fold3 and countless dedicated friends and researchers across the world.
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