Plaque in my local church dedicated to Allen Garnett Wright; Canadian serving in RAF. CWGC has him and 5 others (presumably all on same aircraft) lost on 15-Feb-1941 and buried in turkey. I couldn't find much about their squadron (37 squadron) online, just that they flew wellingtons from Malta at the time this flight was lost. Anyone have more info/ know where I could find some?
GARDNER, SIDNEY JAMES Sergeant 751765 15/02/1941 22 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve United Kingdom Row A. Coll. grave 4-9. HAIDAR PASHA CEMETERY HARTMAN, FREDERICK JOHN ERNEST Sergeant 651654 15/02/1941 19 Royal Air Force United Kingdom Row A. Coll. grave 4-9. HAIDAR PASHA CEMETERY LAMBERT, PERCY WALTER Pilot Officer 82200 15/02/1941 29 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve United Kingdom Row A. Coll. grave 4-9. HAIDAR PASHA CEMETERY SMITH, GEORGE SINCLAIR Pilot Officer 60314 15/02/1941 26 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve United Kingdom Row A. Coll. grave 4-9. HAIDAR PASHA CEMETERY WELLMAN, LEONARD CHARLES Pilot Officer 85947 15/02/1941 26 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve United Kingdom Row A. Coll. grave 4-9. HAIDAR PASHA CEMETERY WRIGHT, ALLEN GARNETT Flying Officer 42292 15/02/1941 25 Royal Air Force United Kingdom Row A. Coll. grave 4-9. HAIDAR PASHA CEMETERY
No. 37 Squadron Royal Air Force in the Second World War 1939-1945 - The Wartime Memories Project - 37 Squadron | Malta: War Diary No. 37 Squadron, RAF
T2821 AA A Wellington IC Rec’d 27.9.40 from 8 M.U. Little Rissington. “A” from Feltwell Flying Control Logbook, landed 23:25, 21/22.10.40. Desp’d 7.11.40 to No. 37 Sqdn, Feltwell. Wellington (updated 10th November 2016)
37 Sqn ORB for Feb 41 worth a look . Squadron Number: 37 Records of Events: Y | The National Archives
T2821 "T" Crew as shown by Clive in Post #2 Took off 0001, Shallufa. Crashed at Koyceges in the mountains of W Turkey while descending through cloud to make a landfall. All are buried in Haidar Pasha Cemetery, Istanbull. Above from "Royal Air Force Bomber Losses in the Middle East and Mediterranean Vol 1: 1939-1942" by David Gunby and Pelham Temple.
