BUSH, Roger
| Service Number: | 15326 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Kent, England, 1 September 1918 |
| Home Town: | Port Macquarie, Port Macquarie-Hastings, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Methodist Minister |
| Died: | Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia, 30 September 2000, aged 82 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Innes Gardens Memorial Park, New South Wales, Australia Fragrant Rose Garden. |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 2 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 15326 | |
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| 8 Jan 1946: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 15326 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Roderick Besier
RI: Rev. Roger Bush, Death Notice. Death, 30.09.2000, 82, late of Port Macquarie, formerly of Sydney. SMH 02.10.2000.
Excerpt: AWM WW2 Collection - Spitfires on the Continent - by Dr. Karl James.
Flying Officer Roger Bush was another of the squadron's key officers.
The English born 25 year old supervised the ground crew and was described by one pilot as "The Master of Scroungers" and "The Master of Engineers". After the War Bush was ordained as a Methodist minister and became a media identity.
In Normandy, however, his ground crew - half Australians and half British - worked 16 hour days to keep the aircraft serviceable.
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