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By: - 6th May 2019 at 03:05 Permalink
82 Sqn Blenheim IV V6460 , Anti Shipping. As one of six aircraft ,took off Luqa to attack a large Axis convoy making for Tripoli. Brought down by the explosion of its own bombs on one of the ships.
Pilot Sgt EB Inman KIA,Sgt RJ Austin KIA, Oberserver Sgt KP Collins survived injured and picked up by the Italian Destroyer Cigno, his leg was amputated and he was later repatriated in April 1943.
Regards Mike
Source,RAF Bomber Losses in the Middle East and Mediterranean Vol 1.Gunby and Temple.
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By: adrian_gray - 5th May 2019 at 22:06
I've played cricket a few times at Swyncombe, Oxfordshire (Old North Berkshire) a few times, and have meant to look up this chap ever since I saw it first.
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CWGC entry here: https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1081374/austin,-ronald-joseph/
Can anyone fill in any more detail, please?
Thanks,
Adrian