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Elliott, T.R., Sgt., 1942
On the Alamein Memorial is the name of 612405 Sergeant Thomas Robert Elliott, serving with the Royal Air Force, who died 05/10/1942.

Simon Glancey has submitted the following:
Sgt Elliott was the rear gunner of Wellington 1c DV649 'Y' of 148 Squadron, which was lost of a mission to bomb Tobruk. The Wellington crashed in the Gambut area, with the loss of all six crew members.
Bomber Losses Middle East and Mediterranean, Volume 1, D. Gunby and P.Temple, 2006, published by Midland Publishing, ISBN 978-1857802344, page 189.

He is remembered in Ashington on A17.43 and at Hirst on H62.02


The CWGC entry for Sergeant Elliott

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