Bruce Aitken EVANS

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EVANS, Bruce Aitken

Service Number:	713
Enlisted:	17 January 1938
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 3 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Footscray, Victoria, Australia , 29 August 1918
Home Town:	Frankston, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Victorian Railways
Died:	Flying Battle, Mediterranean Sea off Tobruk, Middle East, 25 November 1941, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Local Roll of Honour- Frankston Victoria Australia
Memorials:	Alamein Memorial (El Alamein), Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane No 3 Squadron Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

17 Jan 1938:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 713, No. 3 Squadron (RAAF)

Non Warlike Service

17 Jan 1938:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 713

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flying Officer, 713
5 Feb 1940:	Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Air Cadet, No.1 Elementary Flying Training School Parafield
25 Jun 1940:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer
28 Dec 1940:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer
29 Jul 1941:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 713, No. 3 Squadron (RAAF)
25 Nov 1941:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Flying Officer Evans 713 in Tomahawk AN343 of 3SQN was killed when his aircraft was lost at sea near Tobruk - his body was not recovered and he is commemorated on the Alamein Memorial, Egypt

He was part of a group of Tomahawk fighter aircraft that intercepted a force of up to seventy enemy aircraft over Sidi Rezegh - he was last seen chasing a Messerschmitt out to sea near Tobruk

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