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| Accession Number | 128194 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white |
| Physical description | Black & white |
| Date made | c November 1942 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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403540 Sergeant John Kevin Wood, RAAF and R78542 Warrant Officer Robert Leslie Spence, Royal ...
Description
403540 Sergeant John Kevin Wood, RAAF and R78542 Warrant Officer Robert Leslie Spence, Royal Canadian Air Force, who evaded capture when their Wellington aircraft DV504/G of 40 Squadron RAF was forced down near Fort Capuzzo after an attack on Tobruk, and walked 350 miles through the Libyan and Egyptian desert in 24 days. On 2 November 1942, several kilometres north of El Maghra, they were discovered by a British advance armoured division who took them to safety. After recovering from their ordeal, Wood and Spence returned to flying.
(Photograph reproduced in Official History Volume: Air War Against Germany and Italy 1939-43, page 239). See RELAWM34564.002 for a full description of the incident.