Richard ‘Dick’ Goldsworthy, RAF Navigator, Wellington Torpedo-bomber, prisoner of war

Richard ‘Dick’ Goldsworthy, RAF Navigator, Wellington Torpedo-bomber, prisoner of war

Dick Goldsworthy trained as a navigator and was posted to Ferry Command. In August 1942, he and his crew, Pilot “Cisco”, Wireless Operator Arthur, Rear Gunner Joe Gordon (Canadian), and two others delivered a Wellington to Palestine and was posted o operations. His first operational sortie over Tobruk was successful, but days later, an engine fire forced the crew to abandon their aircraft. Dick survived three days in the desert before he was captured by Italian forces. He was eventually repatriated via Lucca hospital and a Red Cross train through Italy, France, Spain, and Portugal and finally the “Newfoundland.”

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47 page typed document

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