Notes is respect of 160 Squadron aircraft losses and casualties:
A/c Number: Date: Description:
AL.563 |
29.6.42 |
Attacked by enemy fighters on raid to Halfaya: Sgt Thompson lone casualty |
(AL566) |
15.7.42 |
159 Lib. shot down - Benghazi - only one crew shown as 160 by RNZAF |
AL.565 |
26.9.42 |
Attack on Tobruk.Sgt Allwood killed by shrapnel. A/c rtnd but later missing (Bari) 27.4.43. |
AL.548 |
28.10.42 |
Missing Maleme - 8 lost |
AL.620 |
16.1.43 |
Missing Tripoli - 7 lost (may have been operating as 178 Squadron) |
FK.239 |
24.8.43 |
Missing Andamans - 8 lost |
FL.939 "M" |
22.9.43 |
Shot down - Japs Car Nicobar - 8 lost |
(BZ.887) "V" |
7.10.43 |
354 Lib.crashed just after take off at Cuttack - 1 - 160 casualty |
FL.926 "J" |
26.10.43 |
Missing Car Nicobar - 8 lost |
BZ.885 |
7.12.43 |
Crashed just after take off Sigirya - 8 lost |
BZ.864 "B" |
19.4.44 |
Crashed on taking off Sigirya - 6 lost (2 survived) |
FL.911 "K" |
6.5.44 |
Ditched off Puttalam damaged by own depth charges: 7 - lost plus 2 Army pers. Gunners Leeming and Goodness: 2 survivors - Dixie Dean and Kiwi Baker |
EV.837 "H" |
15.6.44 |
Crashed just after take off - Sigirya - 8 lost |
(KG.850) "Y" |
11.3.45 |
354 Lib missing from shipping strike. Presumed ditched off Tavoy - 1 -160 casualty |
BZ.868 "X" |
1.5.45 |
Ditched 100 miles S.E.of Trinco: 3 lost : The survivors were, Freeman, Fisher McDonald, Brown and Newby (only the latter was uninjured) |
BZ.950 "H" |
9.6.45 |
Crashed after take off at Minneriya on way to Cocos on detachment 19 lost including Intel.Officer and 9 ground crew |
NON - FLYING CASUALTIES
2.12.42 |
F/Sgt Chris Curling: |
Accidental fall - ruptured spleen |
25.12.43 |
F/O Fred Keene |
Died following a head injury (cricket ball ?) |
23.5.44 |
LAC Tom Haynes |
Went missing in jungle - Sigirya - never found |
7.10.44 |
Sgt Eric Dyson |
Died from burns in accidental fire at KKS |
26.2.45 |
F/Lt Ernest Wallis (M.O) |
Died (from infective hepatitis?) |
REMAINING MYSTERY
Identity of aircraft "N" (Mk V1?) lost with all crew landing on Cocos Jun (?)45.
Les. Crawley Sept. 1999