Operation EXPORTER

[cvp]

I'm seeking further information regarding 'Operation EXPORTER' June-July 1941 in Syria for a personal project about my wife's grandfather who served aboard the HMS Leander.
In particular I'm after any details about the attack which claimed the lives of stokers P.J. Collins and F.W. Zander killed in air raid 7 June.


en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria%E2%80%93Lebanon_campaign

nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/WH2Navy-fig-WH2Nav17b.html

[pepe]

According to the excellent Naval-History.net website both the sailors you refer to were indeed bombing casualties but not while actually aboard HMS Leander. The ship did not arrive off Syria until the 13th June 1941.

7 June 1941:

Zander, Desmond W. Stoker 1st Class, 1727 RNZN - air raid ashore.

Collins, Patrick J. Stoker 1st Class, 1911 RNZN (HMS Abdiel, RN minelayer) - air raid (possibly also ashore)


www.naval-history.net/xDKCas2530-RNZN.htm


A search of the AM Online Cenotaph confirmed both sailors were buried in Alexandria, Egypt.

www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph