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Liddle, J., F/Sgt., 1943
On the Malta Memorial is the name of 943546 Flight Sergeant John Liddle, serving with the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, who died 03/06/1943.

Simon Glancey has submitted the following:

F/Sgt. Liddle was killed when Martin Marauder I FK112 ‘L’ of 14 Squadron was lost on a shipping reconnaissance mission off Sardinia. The aircraft signalled that it had sighted a convoy of one merchant vessel escorted by two destroyers and three single-engined fighters, but nothing further was heard, and the Marauder was lost with all six crew members.

John Liddle is remembered in Burnopfield on B155.01


The CWGC entry for Flight Sergeant Liddle

If you know more about this person, please send the details to janet@newmp.org.uk