420123 - Unaccounted airwoman and airmen - 23-1-1942

[COL BRUGGY]

Henk,

On 22-1-1942, AUS742 F/O James Andrew McINTOSH RAAF, was shot down in Curtiss Kittyhawk I AK736 returning from a sweep over Agedabia-Ghetafia-Bettabel-Hasseiat. One Kittyhawk was claimed by Leutnant Hans-Arnold Stahlschmidt of I./JG 27. AUS250696 F/O Elvas Arthur BRADBURY RAAF, was also hit and forced down in AK599 near Saunna. He returned to the squadron on 25-1-1942 with shell-shock having been caught up in a tank battle.

See: http://www.3squadron.org.au/indexpages/kia.htm

Confirmed in No.3 Sqn RAAF ORB (p.446 of 908)

Col.

[Henk Welting]

Thanks Col. Mission flown 22th Jan.; CWGC has date of death 23rd Jan. 1942 for F/O McINTOSH.
Regards,
Henk.

[Alex Smart]

Additional,

JENKINS, Guilford Clarence Ralph - 2Lt - 103968 - SAAF.
From Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.
Damascus Commonwealth War Cemetery.