War, occupation, civil war · War and occupation
A flying boat waits in the bay for General Mackay
24 April 1941 Probable
Just before dusk on 24 April 1941 a Sunderland of No. 228 Squadron RAF, flown by Flight Lieutenant Alex Frame, came down in the Gulf of Nafplio to collect RAF men. They had already gone, so it took on board about 25 other men, including a general. The pilot decided to wait for daylight before taking off in unknown waters.
Note: Bowyer says 'Nauplia Bay' and does not name the general; that he was Mackay and that the aircraft lay off Myloi follows from McClymont and the 6th Division war diary.
- Where
- Myloi (the village)
- Who
- Iven Mackay
- Threads
- War and occupation
- Certainty
- Probable likely, but not fully proven
Sources
- Chaz Bowyer, Sunderland at War, London: Ian Allan 1976, pp. c. 107–108 Open (opens in a new tab)
- AWM52 1/5/12/16, 6th Australian Division General Staff war diary, March–April 1941, fol. 35–37 Open (opens in a new tab)
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