Sergeant William Gilbert Bothe (30th December 1941)
Hylton Cemetery (Castleton), Tyne and Wear, England |
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Sergeant
9th November 1918, Campsie, New South Wales
30th December 1941
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55 Operational Training RAF
Royal Australian Air Force
Sec. D, Row 1, Grave 709
Accidental |
Son of William and Emeline Bothe, husband of Winifred Veronica Bothe, nee Murphy, of Lakemba, New South Wales, Australia. |
The "Sidney Morning Herald" on Thursday, December 30, 1948 |
| BOTHE - Never forgotten always in our thoughts: Sgt. Pilot William Gilbert Bothe (14227), killed in England December 1941. Inserted by his loving father and wife Winnie. |
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Sergeant Peter Morphett Piggott (30th December 1941)
Hylton Cemetery (Castleton), Tyne and Wear, England |
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Sergeant
12th November 1920
Clarendon, South Australia
30th December 1941
21
55 Operational Training RAF
Royal Australian Air Force
Sec. D, Row 1, Grave 710
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Son of Steven Leslie and Muriel Beatrice Piggott, husband of Vera Doreen Piggott, nee Southwell, of Clarendon, South Australia.
Marriage on 23rd September 1941, Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia. |
| The "Advertiser" (Adelaide) on Tuesday, January 6, 1942 |
| PIGGOTT - On December 30, 1941 at Sunderland, England, Sgt. Pilot Peter Morphett Piggott of Clarendon. |
| The "Mail" (Adelaide) on January 10, 1942 |
Clarendon Airman Killed
MELBOURNE - The death of Sgt.-Pilot Peter Morphett Piggott, formerly of Clarendon, in an aircraft accident, is reported in an Air Force casualty list issued today, which contains the names of 31 members of the R. A. A. F. serving overseas.
South Australians included are:
Killed in Aircraft Accident - Sgt. P. M. Piggott, Clarendon.
Missing in Air Operations - Sgt. R. H. Nitschke, Hiltaba Station via Port Augusta.
Seriously Injured in Accident - Sgt. B. E. Hack, View road, Blackwood.
Injured in Air Operations - Sgt. R. A. Borchers, Berri.
Previously Reported Injured, Now Reported Not Injured - Sgt. D. G. Scott, Berri.
Sgt. Piggott's parents Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Piggott of Clarendon, received advice that he was buried at Castlemaine Cemetery, Sunderland, England. He was aged 21.
Before he enlisted in the R. A. A. F. in October 1940, Sgt. Piggott assisted in his father's vineyard and later studied for the woolclassing diploma at the Adelaide School of Mines. In February last he went to Rhodesia to complete his training as a pilot and there he married a South African girl in September. |
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A bomber crew of Scampton Airfield (30 May 1942)
Scampton Cemetery, Scampton, Lincolnshire, England |
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Kenneth Aird
Sergeant
4th March1909
Bangor Ireland
30th May 1942
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Royal Australian Air Force
Grave 7 (New part)
Son of Dr. Ivie Aird and Ella
Margaret Aird, husband of Marcia
Clarice Aird, of Bondi Junction, New
South Wales, Australia. |
George Lawson Mustoe
Sergeant
2nd October 1916
Mt. Morgan, Queensland
30th May 1942
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Royal Australian Air Force
Grave 3 (New Part)
Son of Frederick John and Margaret
Anderson Mustoe, of Wynnum North,
Queensland, Australia. |
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Roy George Peverill
Sergeant
6th July 1914
Melbourne, Victoria
30th May 1942
27
Royal Australian Air Force
Grave 4 (New Part)
Son of Edwin Charles and Ivy Jane
Peverill, husband of Jean Isabel
Peverill, of Mildura, Victoria,
Australia. |
| The "Sunday Mail" (Brisbane) on Sunday, June 7, 1942 |
Roll of Honour
MUSTOE - Sacred to the memory of our dear Son, George Lawson, who lost his life on the night of the 30th May in the great Air Raid over Germany, and was buried in an English churchyard on June 3rd, 1942.
We loved him well, but Jesus loved him best.
Inserted by his sorrowing Parents, Brothers, Sisters, Brothers-in-law, and Sisters-in-law. |
| The "Argus" (Melbourne) on Tuesday, June 9, 1942 |
Deaths On Active Service
PEVERILL - On May 30, Sgt.-Pilot Roy George Peverill, R. A. A. F., in air operations,
England, dearly beloved husband of Jean Peverill (nee Murdoch), Mildura, aged 27 years.
Duty noble done.
PEVERILL - On May 30, Sgt.-Pllot Roy George Peverill and his crew, in air operatlons, dearly beloved only son of Ivy and
Edwin Charles Peverill, brother of Mavis (428 St. Kilda road, Melbourne) (Interred Scampton churchyard, Lincoln)
He paid
his price for liberty.
PEVERILL - On May 30, Sgt.-Pilot Roy G. Peverill, killed in air operations, beloved
grandson of Jessie E. Peverill, and late Geo E. Peverill, of Dalesford.
Lest we forget
PEVERILL - On May 30, Sgt.-Pilot Roy G. Peverill, R. A. A. F., dearly beloved grandson of the late H G and Mrs Davidson
of Bairnsdale loved nephew of Ruby (Mrs. C. Jennings) and Mabel |
| The "Argus" (Melbourne) on Saturday, June 13, 1942 |
PEVERILL - On May 30, Sgt.-Pilot Roy Peverill, R. A. A. F., dearly beloved nephew of Charlotte (Mrs. W. Costigan), and William.
One to whom we owe so much. |
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Pilot Officer James Arthur Trotter (24th August 1942)
St. Andrew's Churchyard, Heddon on the Wall, Northumberland, England |
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Pilot Officer
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08 Septemebr 1910
Sydney, New South Wales
24th August 1942
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148th Squadron
Royal Australian Air Force
Technical failure |
Son of Arthur and Lillian Trotter, of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia,
husband of Jean Bainbridge Fullarton Trotter, of Carruthers, Saskatchewan, Canada. |
P/O J. A. Trotter was a member of the crew of Stirling bomber N6083 OJ-N which took off from Lakenheath (Suffolk) on a mission to Frankfurt. An engine caught fire almost immediately, causing the aircraft to crash just a mile away from the end of the runway. All the crew were killed. |
| The "Sidney Morning Herald" on Saturday, October 24, 1942 |
| Mrs. L. SARTORIA, of Marrickville, desires to convey her sincere THANKS to relatives and friends for their kind expressions of sympathy in the loss of her only son, Pllot Officer James A. Trotter, killed in air operations, England, August 24. 1942. Please accept this as personal thanks. |
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Sergeant William Howard Warren (10th November 1942)
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Sergeant
411415
22nd November 1920
Watsons Bay, New South Wales
10th November 1942
21
Royal Australian Air Force
Grave 11 (New part)
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| Son of William and Lilian Warren, of Punchbowl, New South Wales, Australia. |
Lancaster W4262 took off from RAF Scampton at 1721 hours on the night of 10/11th November 1942, detailed to carry out a gardening mission and lay mines in the mouth of the Gironde Estuary, France.
At 2238 hours a 2nd class fix was obtained which placed the aircraft about 40 miles south of Portland Bill. The aircraft was later in contact with the MFTA Station base. A final message QDM300 was received which was acknowledged. The aircraft crashed just after the last message when it flew into high ground at Girsby Park near Burgh on Bain, 8 miles south of Binbrook. All the crew were killed.
The Crew:
Flt. Sgt. R. R. Abercrombie, Captain (Pilot), R. A. F.
Sgt A. B. Jackson (Flight Engineer), R. A. F.
Sgt J. H. Barry (Navigator), R. N. Z. A. F.
Sgt. W. H. Warren (Air Bomber), R. A. A. F.
Flt. Sgt. M. G. Everard (Wireless Air Gunner), R. A. F.
Sgt. J. E. Young (Mid Upper Gunner), R. A. F.
Sgt. R. O. Button (Rear Gunner), R. A. F. |
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A bomber crew of Scampton Airfield (31 January 1943)
Scampton Cemetery, Scampton, Lincolnshire, England |
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James Arthur Gerald Browne
Sergeant
404849
31st December 1917
Brisbane, Queensland
31th January 1943
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Royal Australian Air Force
49th Sqdn. Royal Air Force
Grave 25 (New part)
Son of Francis Atkins Browne and
Olive Eglantine Shuckburgh Browne,
of Roma, Queensland, Australia,
husband of Marjorie Sylvia Browne,
of Southgate, Middlesex, England. |
Elliot Livesey Cole
Flight Sergeant
401302
19th June 1919
Caulfield, Victoria
31th January 1943
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Royal Australian Air Force
49th Sqdn. Royal Air Force
Grave 17 (New part)
Son of Rupert Chester Cole
and Beryl Marjorie Cole,
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Llewellyn Grey
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403187
11th July 1916
Kincumber, New South Wales
31th January 1943
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Royal Australian Air Force
49th Sqdn. Royal Air Force
Grave 19 (New part)
Son of William and Edith Grey,
of Beelbangera, New South Wales,
Australia. |
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The Crew of the Lancaster JA896 DX-D (16th August 1943)
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Jack Smithers
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412853
21st November 1920
Ballina, New South Wales
16th August 1943
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Royal Australian Air Force
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Son of Louis James Smithers and Leila Irene Smithers,
husband of Nancy Rose Smithers, of Armidale, New South Wales, Australia. |
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Ronald Henry Haskins
Flight Sergeant
415789
5th August 1921
Perth, Western Australia
16th August 1943
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Royal Australian Air Force
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| Son of Henry and Olive Haskins, of Maylands, Western Australia. |
| The "West Australian" (Perth) on Monday, August 23, 1943 |
Deaths On Active Service
HASKINS - Sacred to the memory of Flight-Sgt. Ron Haskins, who lost his life in air operations over Europe, August 16, 1943, school friend of Jack, beloved young friend of Kath, Ted and Agnes Quigley; aged 22 years. Always bright and happy. God's Will be done.
HASKINS (Flight-Sergeant, Ron), killed in action; sincere friend of Mr. and Mrs. Lyons and family (2 Harley-street).
HASKINS.- On August 16, in United Kingdom; Flight-Sergeant Ron Haskins, beloved young friend of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Sanders and familly.
HASKINS - On August 16, F/Sgt. R. H. (Ronnie) Haskins, fond and sincere friend of Kelly Rogers. Gone, but not forgotten.
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Airborne was on 2029hrs on 15 Aug 1943 from Scampton for Milan and overshot the runway on return to Scampton and crashed 0420hrs. The aircraft had suffered an engine failure in flight and bounced due to a heavy landing from the first approach. The pilot attempted to perform a 3-engined overshoot to try landing again, but failed to correct the swing which developed as the aircraft gained speed. The aircraft crashed, caught fire and was destroyed. Pilot P/O J. Smithers (Australian and 3 of his crew died in the crash.
Rear gunner F/Sgt. Haskins was critically injured and died within a few hours after the accident. Along with P/O Smithers, he is buried in Scampton (St. John the Baptist) Churchyard.
The Crew:
P/O J. Smithers (Australian) killed
Sgt. D. J. Rose killed
F/O A. J. Organ killed
Sgt. A. G. Luxford killed
P/O Bladen injured
Sgt. Burgess injured
F/Sgt R. H. Haskins (Australian) injured but died later |
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