F082 VICTOR FRANK MORRIS. Sergeant 647926, Royal Air Force died 26th January 1942.
F082 THOMAS PETER LOGAN GRIFFITH. Leading Aircraftman, 959417 Royal Air Force. Born 9 June 1917 at Woodbridge, Suffolk to Thomas Logan and Lucy Irene Beryl Griffith, nee Blomfield. Killed 4th February 1942 aged 24 years on Air Sea Recue High Speed Launch 129 (ASR launch, HSL 129) to search and recover missing pilots four miles south-south-east of Benghaisa Point. Near Filfla when two Bf 109s attacked the craft. Son of Thomas Logan Griffith and Lucy Irene Beryl Griffith, of Cringleford, Norfolk. Wills and Admin, Ancestry. His residence was 32 Beccles Road, Gorleston, Norfolk. Died on date stated. His effects went to Marjorie Joyce Blomfield and Cordelia Blomfield, spinsters.
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Four Hurricanes, two Swordish and an ASR launch, HSL 129, were sent out to search for the missing pilots, the launch heading for a point four miles south-south-east of Benghaisa Point. Near Filfla two Bf 109s of 6./JG 53 swooped down on the rescue craft, killing AC Gerald "Gerry" Raymond King who was manning the front turret. During a second pass the skipper, Flt Lt Victor Albert Nicolls, was mortally wounded and died seven days later, while the aft-turret gunner, LAC Thomas "Tom" Peter Logan Griffith, was hit in the left side and thigh; nonetheless, he continued to man his gun but was killed during the third attack. The coxswain, Cpl Theodore "Theo" Lorraine Nielsen, was also killed and his deputy wounded, although the latter managed to get the badly damaged launch back to Kalafrana. Silent spectators gathered as HSL 129 limped slowly into view, engines faltering and backfiring, and the forward gun cupola splashed with blood from the dead gunner. The launch would be out of action for a month.
F082 GERALD (Gerry) RAYMOND KING. Aircraftman 2nd Class 1256284, Royal Air Force. Born 18 August 1920 at Norwich to Archie and Gertie King nee Kahn. Died 4th February 1942 on Air Sea Recue High Speed Launch 129 (ASR launch, HSL 129) to search and recover missing pilots four miles south-south-east of Benghaisa Point. Near Filfla when two Bf 109s attacked the rescue craft killing Gerald who was manning the front turrett. The second pass by 109s the skipper Flt Lt Victor Albert Nicolls, was mortally wounded and died seven days later.
F082 THEODORE LORRAINE NIELSEN. Corporal 640037 Royal Air Force. Coxswain of Air Sea Recue High Speed Launch 129 (ASR launch, HSL 129) to search and recover missing pilots four miles south-south-east of Benghaisa Point. Near Filfla when two Bf 109s attacked the craft killing him and others on the 4 February 1942 aged 20 years. Born 1922 in the registration district of Walsingham, Norfolk to Theodor Tideman Laurites and Edith Louise Nielson nee Wordingham.
All at rest in the cemetery Plot F Grave 82
