BOTHWELL, Percival Roy
Service Number: | 695 |
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Enlisted: | 5 February 1940 |
Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 3 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Murree, India, 18 August 1921 |
Home Town: | Chatswood, Willoughby, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Public Servant |
Died: | Flying Battle, Tobruk, Libya, Middle East, 26 November 1941, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Sollum, Egypt Plot 22. Row A. Grave 2. Local Roll of Honour - Chatswood, NSW |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane No 3 Squadron Roll of Honour, Sydney Lands Department WW2 Honour Roll |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, 695 | |
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5 Feb 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Air Cadet, 695, No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School Benalla | |
5 Feb 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 695, No. 3 Squadron (RAAF) | |
28 Jun 1940: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer | |
28 Dec 1940: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer | |
24 Mar 1941: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 695, No. 3 Squadron (RAAF), Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Flying Officer Bothwell 695 in Tomahawk AM398 of 3SQN was killed when his aircraft was hit by ground fire and crashed while attacking a column of German tanks heading east through Allied lines near Sidi Omar (a book by Bobby Gibbes states that Roy Bothwell flew straight into a tank)
He has an entry in the book "Those Other Eagles" by Christopher Shores