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F/Sgt James Attewood Boatswain

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F/Sgt James Attewood Boatswain Veteran

Birth
Canowindra, Cabonne Shire, New South Wales, Australia
Death
26 Aug 1944 (aged 21)
Ellern, Kreis Wesel, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Burial
Rheinberg, Kreis Wesel, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Add to Map
Plot
18. D. 18.
Memorial ID
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Royal Australian Air Force Rank Flight Sergeant 424359
Posting on Death: 100 Squadron (RAF), Waltham, Lincolnshire
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Lancaster MK III, ND 995; Place - Ellern, Germany; Date - 26 August 1944.
Shot Down by a night fighter at Ellern near the Target during a raid on the Opel factory at Russelsheim, the Pilot survived and was captured.
The crew members of Lancaster MK III, ND 995 were;
BOATSWAIN, James Attewood - (Flight Sergeant); Service Number - 424359
MARTIN H P – (Sergeant); Service Number – RAF 1880935
EVERED F W – (Sergeant); Service Number – 1809566 RAF
PAVEY, Kevin Ambrose – (Flight Sergeant); Service Number – RAAF 430939
CLARK E W – (Flight Sergeant); Service Number – RAF 1324105
SMITH L J – (Flight Sergeant); Service Number – RAAF 419976
Flying Officer Kenneth Francis Seage (427154) (Pilot) PoW, Later Discharged from the RAAF 1946.
Remembrance
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Canowindra NSW, also his name is located at panel 119 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Family
Son of Ernest Arthur and Emma Mary Boatswain, of Canowindra, New South Wales, Australia.
Father Ernest Arthur BOATSWAIN (1892-1965)
Mother Emma Mary GARDNER (1890-1989)
Royal Australian Air Force Rank Flight Sergeant 424359
Posting on Death: 100 Squadron (RAF), Waltham, Lincolnshire
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Lancaster MK III, ND 995; Place - Ellern, Germany; Date - 26 August 1944.
Shot Down by a night fighter at Ellern near the Target during a raid on the Opel factory at Russelsheim, the Pilot survived and was captured.
The crew members of Lancaster MK III, ND 995 were;
BOATSWAIN, James Attewood - (Flight Sergeant); Service Number - 424359
MARTIN H P – (Sergeant); Service Number – RAF 1880935
EVERED F W – (Sergeant); Service Number – 1809566 RAF
PAVEY, Kevin Ambrose – (Flight Sergeant); Service Number – RAAF 430939
CLARK E W – (Flight Sergeant); Service Number – RAF 1324105
SMITH L J – (Flight Sergeant); Service Number – RAAF 419976
Flying Officer Kenneth Francis Seage (427154) (Pilot) PoW, Later Discharged from the RAAF 1946.
Remembrance
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Canowindra NSW, also his name is located at panel 119 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Family
Son of Ernest Arthur and Emma Mary Boatswain, of Canowindra, New South Wales, Australia.
Father Ernest Arthur BOATSWAIN (1892-1965)
Mother Emma Mary GARDNER (1890-1989)

Inscription

"THY WILL BE DONE"
DUTY NOBLY DONE
FONDEST REMEMBRANCE. MOTHER


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