War, occupation, civil war · War and occupation · Harbour and pier
Around 8.30 p.m. a Sunderland flying boat lands in the bay
26 April 1941 Probable
A Sunderland flying boat sent from Souda Bay came to collect General Wilson at about 20:30 on 26 April 1941. It did not take off straight away: it lay in the bay off the pier until after midnight.
Note: The time of 20:30 comes from one source (Cooper, after Smith-Dorrien's account). The photo shows a Sunderland of No. 230 Squadron in Greece, not this aircraft.
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- Where
- The pier and harbour
- Threads
- War and occupation, Harbour and pier
- Certainty
- Probable likely, but not fully proven
Pictures
A Short Sunderland of No. 230 Squadron RAF, based in Greece, over the Greek islands, c. 1941. General Wilson left the pier of Myloi on 26 April in a flying boat of this type (digitally restored). Imperial War Museum CM 294 · public domain
Sources
- Artemis Cooper, Patrick Leigh Fermor: an adventure, London 2013, pp. 130–132 (after the unpublished account of Lt-Col. P. L. Smith-Dorrien) Open (opens in a new tab)
- H. M. Wilson (Field-Marshal Lord Wilson), Eight Years Overseas 1939–1947, London: Hutchinson 1950, pp. c. 95–98 Open (opens in a new tab)
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