Australian Deaths in the RAAF/RAF. How did they occur? - Nigeria The reason for these threads is to have the official cause of death for these flyers if known, the number of the aircraft and to supply all detail and crew listings if available.
LAMBERT, REX CLIFTON Flight Sergeant 403272 ADU 20/10/1942 28 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Bompai Sec. Grave 87. KANO TOWNSHIP CHRISTIAN CEMETERY Nigeria Kano BORRETT, FREDERICK BRITAIN Flight Sergeant 402104 HQ RAF ME 19/08/1942 27 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Plot 1. Row B. Grave 15. OSHOGBO CEMETERY Nigeria Oshogbo BOWDITCH, JOHN ALEXANDER Flight Sergeant 403253 HQ RAF ME 19/08/1942 26 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Plot 1. Row B. Grave 4. OSHOGBO CEMETERY Nigeria Oshogbo HENDERSON, ROBERT FORDELL Sergeant 405192 HQ RAF ME 19/08/1942 22 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Plot 2. Row B. Grave 1. OSHOGBO CEMETERY Nigeria Oshogbo
Hi Geoff ! I couldn't find BORRETT, FREDERICK BRITAIN Flight Sergeant 402104 HQ RAF ME 19/08/1942 27 Royal Australian Air Force Australian Plot 1. Row B. Grave 15. OSHOGBO CEMETERY Nigeria Oshogbo But I did find his brother ...... thought I'd post just in case !! In Memory of Sergeant ARNOLD HARVEY BORRETT 406769, Royal Australian Air Force who died age 25 on 19 February 1943 Son of Harry Britain Borrett and Emily Eliza Borrett, of Mount Lawley, Western Australia. Remembered with honour SCHIERMONNIKOOG (VREDENHOF) CEMETERY On 19 February 1943, Sgt Borrett and his crew participated in a mission to Wilhelmshafen Their Stirling I BF378 LS-T was piloted by New Zealander F/O Bernard Crawford, who would fly his first operational mission this night Stirling BF378 Information Type Stirling Serial Number BF378 Squadron 15 X1D LS-T Operation Wilhelmshaven Date 1 19th February 1943 Date 2 20th February 1943 "Serial Range BF372 - BF416. 45 Stirling Mk.1. Part of a batch of 200 Short S.29 Stirling Mk.1/111/1V. BF309- BF358; BF372-BF416; BF434-BF454 (116) Mk.1; BF455-BF483; BF500- BF534; BF561-BF580 (84) Mk.111; BF464; BF468; BF532; Bf575; Bg580 were converted to Mk.111. Delivered by Short & Harland between Sep42 and Feb43. Contract No.774677/38. Initially delivered to No.7 Sqdn 17Sep42, to No.15 Sqdn 30Dec42. BF378 was one of three 15 Sqdn Stirlings lost on this operation. See: BF411; BF457. Reliable civilian sources in Holland indicate that all three of these Stirlings were shot down by Oblt Jabs, his claims being made at 2100 (BF457), 2114 (BF378) and 2145 (BF411) respectively Airborne 1735 19Feb43 from Bourn. Shot down by a night-fighter (Oblt Hans-Joachim Jabs, 1V./NJG2), and crashed in the Waddenzee. F/O Crawford is buried on Ameland in Nes General Cemetery; F/O Long is buried in Nes General Cemetery; F/L Long in Westdongeradeel (Wierum) Protestant Churchyard; Sgt Keeble is close by at Westdongeradeel (Nes) Protestant Churchyard, and Sgt Borrett is buried on Schiermonnikoog in Vredenhof Cemetery. The others are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. F/O B.V.Crawford RNZAF KIA Sgt W.H.Macklin KIA Sgt C.R.Long RCAF KIA P/O P.T.Howson KIA Sgt K.S.Keeble KIA Sgt C.J.J.Wellesley RAAF KIA Sgt a.H.Borrett RAAF KIA " OpenDNS
19 August 1942 RAF Takoradi Blenheim V BA597 Delivery flight. Sgt. F B. Borrett RAAF + F/S. A J. Bowditch RAAF + Sgt. R F. Henderson RAAF + Took off Lagos on Delivery Flight 474 to the Middle East, but failed to respond when the convoy leader ordered a return to base because of an inpending storm. Spun into ground 9 km north of Oshogdo, after entering the storm. All of the crew are buried in Oshogdo War Cemetery. 'RAF Bomber Losses in the Middle East and Mediterranean' Vol.1 - Gunby / Temple. Regards Peter
This is a Photo of Arnold Harvey Borrett buried at SCHIERMONNIKOOG (VREDENHOF) CEMETERY in the Ntherlands. View attachment 3569 View attachment 3570
