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Flying Officer James Robert Worthington

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Flying Officer James Robert Worthington Veteran

Birth
Northampton, Northampton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Death
19 Jul 1944 (aged 31)
Droupt-Saint-Basle, Departement de l'Aube, Champagne-Ardenne, France
Burial
Wimille, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France GPS-Latitude: 50.7449187, Longitude: 1.611009
Plot
Plot 14. Row F. Coll. Grave 4-9.
Memorial ID
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Flying Officer, Royal Australian Air Force. 406417 (Pilot)
Posting on Death: 463 Squadron, Waddington, Lincolnshire.
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Lancaster DV 374; Place - Revigny, France; Date - 19 July 1944
Shot down by a Night Fighter at Droupt-Ste-Marie 15 Miles Northwest of Troyes when Outbound on a Raid on the Revigny Rail Yards.

The crew of Lancaster DV 374 were;
WORTHINGTON, James Robert - (Flying Officer); Service Number - 406417
HAMONIAUX, Gordon E – (Sergeant) – 1807627 # RAF
HYMAS, Colin – (Sergeant) – 1624645 * RAF
SIMONDS, Malachy J – (Flight Sergeant) – 1076298 # RAF
CHAPMAN, Henry G – (Pilot Officer)– 157869 * RAF
IND, Roy Victor – (Sergeant) – 1853097 * RAF
YOUNGER Robert D B – (Sergeant) – 1593625 # RAF

He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Perth WA, also his name is located at panel 109 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of Robert Henry and Harriet Worthington; husband of Rodda Dorothy Worthington, of Northampton, Western Australia.
Flying Officer, Royal Australian Air Force. 406417 (Pilot)
Posting on Death: 463 Squadron, Waddington, Lincolnshire.
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Lancaster DV 374; Place - Revigny, France; Date - 19 July 1944
Shot down by a Night Fighter at Droupt-Ste-Marie 15 Miles Northwest of Troyes when Outbound on a Raid on the Revigny Rail Yards.

The crew of Lancaster DV 374 were;
WORTHINGTON, James Robert - (Flying Officer); Service Number - 406417
HAMONIAUX, Gordon E – (Sergeant) – 1807627 # RAF
HYMAS, Colin – (Sergeant) – 1624645 * RAF
SIMONDS, Malachy J – (Flight Sergeant) – 1076298 # RAF
CHAPMAN, Henry G – (Pilot Officer)– 157869 * RAF
IND, Roy Victor – (Sergeant) – 1853097 * RAF
YOUNGER Robert D B – (Sergeant) – 1593625 # RAF

He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Perth WA, also his name is located at panel 109 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of Robert Henry and Harriet Worthington; husband of Rodda Dorothy Worthington, of Northampton, Western Australia.


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