Flying Officer ( Nav. ) Royal Australian Air Force 423625
Posting on Death: 630 Squadron
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Lancaster ME 796; Place - Revigny, France; Date - 18 July 1944.
Shot Down By A Night Fighter at Villers-Le-Sec Near Contrisson When Outbound on a Raid on the Revigny Rail Yards, 3 Crew survived and evaded capture
The crew members of ME796 were:
Flying Officer John Francis Bush (423625) (Navigator)
Sergeant A E De Bruin (1880577) (RAFVR) (Mid Upper Gunner) Evaded Capture
Sergeant William Edward Griffiths (1399035) (RAFVR) (Air Bomber)
HAWKEN, Stanley Arthur (418663) (Wireless Air Gunner) Evaded Capture, Discharged from the RAAF: 16 October 1945
Sergeant James Napier Howie (945986) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Flight Sergeant W Leary (1670235) (RAFVR) (Rear Gunner) Evaded Capture
Flying Officer Gordon Edward Maxwell (425331) (Pilot)
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Cremorne NSW, also
Son of John Laxion Bush and Edith Harriet Bush; husband of Betty Bush, of Cremorne, New South Wales, Australia.
Posting on Death: 630 Squadron
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Lancaster ME 796; Place - Revigny, France; Date - 18 July 1944.
Shot Down By A Night Fighter at Villers-Le-Sec Near Contrisson When Outbound on a Raid on the Revigny Rail Yards, 3 Crew survived and evaded capture
The crew members of ME796 were:
Flying Officer John Francis Bush (423625) (Navigator)
Sergeant A E De Bruin (1880577) (RAFVR) (Mid Upper Gunner) Evaded Capture
Sergeant William Edward Griffiths (1399035) (RAFVR) (Air Bomber)
HAWKEN, Stanley Arthur (418663) (Wireless Air Gunner) Evaded Capture, Discharged from the RAAF: 16 October 1945
Sergeant James Napier Howie (945986) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Flight Sergeant W Leary (1670235) (RAFVR) (Rear Gunner) Evaded Capture
Flying Officer Gordon Edward Maxwell (425331) (Pilot)
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Cremorne NSW, also
Son of John Laxion Bush and Edith Harriet Bush; husband of Betty Bush, of Cremorne, New South Wales, Australia.
Flying Officer ( Nav. ) Royal Australian Air Force 423625
Posting on Death: 630 Squadron
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Lancaster ME 796; Place - Revigny, France; Date - 18 July 1944.
Shot Down By A Night Fighter at Villers-Le-Sec Near Contrisson When Outbound on a Raid on the Revigny Rail Yards, 3 Crew survived and evaded capture
The crew members of ME796 were:
Flying Officer John Francis Bush (423625) (Navigator)
Sergeant A E De Bruin (1880577) (RAFVR) (Mid Upper Gunner) Evaded Capture
Sergeant William Edward Griffiths (1399035) (RAFVR) (Air Bomber)
HAWKEN, Stanley Arthur (418663) (Wireless Air Gunner) Evaded Capture, Discharged from the RAAF: 16 October 1945
Sergeant James Napier Howie (945986) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Flight Sergeant W Leary (1670235) (RAFVR) (Rear Gunner) Evaded Capture
Flying Officer Gordon Edward Maxwell (425331) (Pilot)
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Cremorne NSW, also
Son of John Laxion Bush and Edith Harriet Bush; husband of Betty Bush, of Cremorne, New South Wales, Australia.
Posting on Death: 630 Squadron
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Lancaster ME 796; Place - Revigny, France; Date - 18 July 1944.
Shot Down By A Night Fighter at Villers-Le-Sec Near Contrisson When Outbound on a Raid on the Revigny Rail Yards, 3 Crew survived and evaded capture
The crew members of ME796 were:
Flying Officer John Francis Bush (423625) (Navigator)
Sergeant A E De Bruin (1880577) (RAFVR) (Mid Upper Gunner) Evaded Capture
Sergeant William Edward Griffiths (1399035) (RAFVR) (Air Bomber)
HAWKEN, Stanley Arthur (418663) (Wireless Air Gunner) Evaded Capture, Discharged from the RAAF: 16 October 1945
Sergeant James Napier Howie (945986) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Flight Sergeant W Leary (1670235) (RAFVR) (Rear Gunner) Evaded Capture
Flying Officer Gordon Edward Maxwell (425331) (Pilot)
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Cremorne NSW, also
Son of John Laxion Bush and Edith Harriet Bush; husband of Betty Bush, of Cremorne, New South Wales, Australia.
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