I wrote a post in August 2018 titled “Sergeant Allan Lee Downed in Greece,” concerning an Allied aircraft, Blenheim Z7800 (Squadron 107, Royal Air Force), which was downed at Kefalonia Island, west of Greece, on 13 December 1941. 

The bomber had been on an operation against Argostoli Harbor.

Most of the crew were killed. Three crew members survived and were captured:

The pilot, Sgt. Allan John Lee, RAFVR (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve), was interned in PG 59 Servigliano; navigator Sgt. Richard Haggett, RAFVR, first interned in PG 59, was ultimately interned in Stalag VII-A Moosburg; and wireless/air gunner Sgt. Ambrose John Comeau, RCAF (Royal Canadian Air Force), first interned in PG 52, was ultimately interned in Stalag VIII-B/344 Lamsdorf. 

Details for the 2018 post were provided by Greek researcher Thanos Antonelos.

At the end of my post, I shared this request from Thanos: “If you may, please inform me if in the future anyone gets in touch and gives more information about Sgt. Lee.”

Last summer I received an email from Emile Thimot of New Brunswick, Canada, who is a grandson of Sgt. Comeau.

Emile wrote that he had recently received his grandfather’s service records, and he has other primary documents concerning his grandfather’s movements before and after his capture. 

He wrote, “In a quick review, I found this note in my granddad’s service file [which] includes information on next of kin.” Here are the details:

Sgt. Lee’s father—Mr. S. G. Lee, Canada House, Bisley Camp near Brookwood Surrey; Sgt. Hagget’s father—Mr. H. Haggett, 1 Torton Hill, Arundel, Sussex; and Sgt. Comeau’s mother—Mrs. L. H. Comeau, Meteghan, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada. 

The note indicates both Sgt. Lee and Sgt. Haggett were assigned to Squadron 107 from Squadron 10; Sgt. Comeau arrived from 139 Squadron, Horsham St Faith, Norfolk, UK, on 18 September and posted to 107 Squadron on 28 September.

Further, Emile wrote, “A colleague in Greece shared this photo of the captured aircrew. The third one, in the very back, is my grandfather.

The other two are Sgt. Lee and Sgt. Haggett, although we don’t know which one is which.

The photo is from the Acqui Museum of the Associazione Mediterraneo. The museum’s small collection consists of photographs, documents, and objects that belonged to the soldiers and officers of the Acqui Division based on Kefalonia.

Thanos has an excellent website, Air War Greece, with a list of every loss in Greece, based only on primary sources. Currently, the site has a complete list from October 1940 to June 1941. Thanos’s next step to add material that covers June through December 1941.