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Place of Birth:
Fitzroy, VIC
Date of Birth: 13 Oct
1919
Date of Enlistment:
10 Oct 1941
Place of Enlistment:
Melbourne, VIC
Killed in Action:
29 Nov 1943
Buried: Alamein
Memorial, Egypt
Rank: Flight
Sergeant
Posting at death:
HQ RAF
Roll of Honour:
Ivanhoe, VIC
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Crew - FA602:
Pilot: Ken Adamson - Flying Officer
Nav: Art Milligan - Flying Officer
WOP/AG: Gordon Marland - Flight Sergeant
WOP/AG: Fred Pritchard - Flight Sergeant
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'The following information has been used with permission
from Mark Lax the author of the book "Alamein to the Alps".
November 1943
"The final loss for the month was Flying Officer Ken
Adamson and crew of FA 602 on their operational sortie.
Briefed to carry out a photo recce of shipping routes along
the Eastern coast of Greece and the islands of the western
Aegean, the crew made a sighting report after which nothing
further was heard. While Squadron members could only
speculate on cause and wait for notification from the Red
Cross, the aircraft was in fact shot down by a Me-109F west
of the island of Cos.
November was to be put down as a 'hard month', with the
loss of four valuable crews, all killed in action. The
allies too had suffered a reverse of fortune with the German
recapture of Cos, Leros and Samos and with their loss went
Chrchill's grand plan to force a push into Greece and the
Balkans. The month was spent almost entirely on
Aegean reconnaissance, while December would see the year out
with further recces and anti-submarine work and
unfortunately, four more losses. The first two went
within a week and would greatly shock the squadron."
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