Service Numbers: 400451, VX14599
Enlisted: 8 May 1940
Last Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Brighton, Victoria, Australia, 26 March 1919
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Journalist
Died: Flying Battle, North West Europe, 14 January 1942, aged 22 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial
Night Raid on Schipol
The Blenheim Mk IV V6391 of No. 114 (Hong Kong) Squadron RAF took off at 17:35 hours from RAF West Raynham for an Intruder sortie to Schiphol. It was shot down by Kriegsmarine Flak and crashed at 20:42 hours in the sea off Schiermonnikoog. The whole crew is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Crew:
Pilot F/Lt. B.J. Adam 400451 RAAF Runnymede Memorial 108
Observer Sgt. J.A. Willis 925267 RAF Runnymede Memorial 96
Wo ag F/O. F.W.O. Street Porter 83000 RAF Runnymede Memorial 67
17 Blenheim flew Intruders sorties to the Dutch airfields of Soesterberg, Schiphol and Leeuwarden. 6 Blenheims attacked Schiphol, 4 Soesterberg and 1 Leeuwarden, dropping total of 6 tons HE and 8 X 250 oil bombs. Bombs straddled the flarepath at Schiphol and fires were started at Schiphol and Soesterberg.
One aircraft did not return from Schiphol (3 KIA).
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Enlisted: 8 May 1940
Last Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Brighton, Victoria, Australia, 26 March 1919
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Journalist
Died: Flying Battle, North West Europe, 14 January 1942, aged 22 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial
Night Raid on Schipol
The Blenheim Mk IV V6391 of No. 114 (Hong Kong) Squadron RAF took off at 17:35 hours from RAF West Raynham for an Intruder sortie to Schiphol. It was shot down by Kriegsmarine Flak and crashed at 20:42 hours in the sea off Schiermonnikoog. The whole crew is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Crew:
Pilot F/Lt. B.J. Adam 400451 RAAF Runnymede Memorial 108
Observer Sgt. J.A. Willis 925267 RAF Runnymede Memorial 96
Wo ag F/O. F.W.O. Street Porter 83000 RAF Runnymede Memorial 67
17 Blenheim flew Intruders sorties to the Dutch airfields of Soesterberg, Schiphol and Leeuwarden. 6 Blenheims attacked Schiphol, 4 Soesterberg and 1 Leeuwarden, dropping total of 6 tons HE and 8 X 250 oil bombs. Bombs straddled the flarepath at Schiphol and fires were started at Schiphol and Soesterberg.
One aircraft did not return from Schiphol (3 KIA).
~
View other Memorial Site here.
Service Numbers: 400451, VX14599
Enlisted: 8 May 1940
Last Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Brighton, Victoria, Australia, 26 March 1919
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Journalist
Died: Flying Battle, North West Europe, 14 January 1942, aged 22 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial
Night Raid on Schipol
The Blenheim Mk IV V6391 of No. 114 (Hong Kong) Squadron RAF took off at 17:35 hours from RAF West Raynham for an Intruder sortie to Schiphol. It was shot down by Kriegsmarine Flak and crashed at 20:42 hours in the sea off Schiermonnikoog. The whole crew is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Crew:
Pilot F/Lt. B.J. Adam 400451 RAAF Runnymede Memorial 108
Observer Sgt. J.A. Willis 925267 RAF Runnymede Memorial 96
Wo ag F/O. F.W.O. Street Porter 83000 RAF Runnymede Memorial 67
17 Blenheim flew Intruders sorties to the Dutch airfields of Soesterberg, Schiphol and Leeuwarden. 6 Blenheims attacked Schiphol, 4 Soesterberg and 1 Leeuwarden, dropping total of 6 tons HE and 8 X 250 oil bombs. Bombs straddled the flarepath at Schiphol and fires were started at Schiphol and Soesterberg.
One aircraft did not return from Schiphol (3 KIA).
~
View other Memorial Site here.
Enlisted: 8 May 1940
Last Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Brighton, Victoria, Australia, 26 March 1919
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Journalist
Died: Flying Battle, North West Europe, 14 January 1942, aged 22 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial
Night Raid on Schipol
The Blenheim Mk IV V6391 of No. 114 (Hong Kong) Squadron RAF took off at 17:35 hours from RAF West Raynham for an Intruder sortie to Schiphol. It was shot down by Kriegsmarine Flak and crashed at 20:42 hours in the sea off Schiermonnikoog. The whole crew is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Crew:
Pilot F/Lt. B.J. Adam 400451 RAAF Runnymede Memorial 108
Observer Sgt. J.A. Willis 925267 RAF Runnymede Memorial 96
Wo ag F/O. F.W.O. Street Porter 83000 RAF Runnymede Memorial 67
17 Blenheim flew Intruders sorties to the Dutch airfields of Soesterberg, Schiphol and Leeuwarden. 6 Blenheims attacked Schiphol, 4 Soesterberg and 1 Leeuwarden, dropping total of 6 tons HE and 8 X 250 oil bombs. Bombs straddled the flarepath at Schiphol and fires were started at Schiphol and Soesterberg.
One aircraft did not return from Schiphol (3 KIA).
~
View other Memorial Site here.
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