Beirut, Lebanon - Flying Officer Roy Urquhart-Pullen and WH799...A Tribute

Discussion in 'War Grave Photographs' started by bucklt, Aug 29, 2018.

  1. bucklt

    bucklt Bucklt

    During the Suez Crisis in 1956, a Canberra PR7, WH799, belonging to 58 Squadron based in Cyprus,
    was operating over Syria when it was attacked by a number of Syrian Air Force Gloster Meteor F8 aircraft.
    The Canberra was eventually shot down but not before 2 of the crew members managed to eject safely.
    The 3rd crew member, Flying Officer Roy Urquhart-Pullen (Navigator-Photographer) did not survive his exit from the doomed aircraft and today lies buried in the Anglo-American Cemetery, Beirut, Lebanon.

    My recent visit allowed me to take a number of images and videos in that same cemetery. His grave marker was renovated about 5 years ago (refer to attached image).

    One of the interesting aspects of this event is the fact that it shows a present-day RAF aircraft being shot down by British supplied aircraft i.e. Gloster Meteors. Has that ever happened again - since 1956?​

    Interesting links here:

    The shooting down of Whisky Hotel 799

    Accident English Electric Canberra PR.7 WH799, 06 Nov 1956

    LEST WE FORGET

    Tony Buckley :poppy: www.asiawargraves.com

    Flying Officer Roy Urquhart-Pullen.JPG
     
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  2. davidbfpo

    davidbfpo Patron Patron

    From memory the RAF and the Israeli AF clashed over Sinai in 1947. There was a passage in a book a long time ago, the details of which have faded.
     
  3. bucklt

    bucklt Bucklt

    Is this the event you are referring to Dave: IAF v RAF

    Tony Buckley :poppy: www.asiawargraves.com
     
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  4. davidbfpo

    davidbfpo Patron Patron

    Yes, although only the third incident "rings a bell".
     
  5. Tricky Dicky

    Tricky Dicky Don'tre member

    Name Geoffrey Roy Pullen
    Spouse Ellen Irene Froy
    Father David Urquhart-Pullen
    Mother Kathleen Lavinia Fairbairn
    Birth 1930 Ely Cambridgeshire England
    Death 07/11/1956 Lebanon

    Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
    Name: Geoffrey Roy Urquhart-Pullen
    Birth Date: 1928
    Death Date: 7 Nov 1956
    Cemetery: Anglo-American Cemetery
    Burial or Cremation Place: Beirut, Bayrut, Lebanon
    Has Bio?: Y
    URL: https://www.findagrave.com/mem...


    Anglo-American Cemetery Beirut, Lebanon: "The story of Whisky Hotel 799 and a lone grave in Beirut" (by Michael Karam)

    TD
     
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