Russell Darby WELLAND

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WELLAND, Russell Darby

Service Number:	37308
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Wing Commander
Last Unit:	Royal Air Force - unspecified units
Born:	1912, place not yet discovered
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Missing (assumed Lost At Sea), Eastern Mediterranean, 12 September 1941
Cemetery:	El Alamein War Cemetery Alamein Memorial, El Alamein War Cemetery, El Alamein, Marsa Matruh, Egypt
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Royal Air Force , Wing Commander , 37308, Royal Air Force - unspecified units

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Arthur Alfred and M. L. Welland

Husband of Helena Alison Welland of Hessle, Yorkshire

Wing Commander (pilot) Russell Darby Welland 37308 RAF was the CO of 55SQN RAF when he was killed in the loss of Blenheim Z9588 in the Eastern Mediterranean while taking part in an anti-submarine patrol from Beirut to the coast 10 miles east of Suez

Also killed were Flying Officer James Dodds (Observer) RAAF 402014 / Sergeant James Williams Lucas (WOp/AG) RAFVR 751653 / Major Ivor Kingsley Whittaker Australian Army VX24 of HQ 1 Corps

Wing Commander Welland had been Mentioned in Despatches

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