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