POOLE, Bruce Lionel
| Service Numbers: | Q107518, 425050 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 July 1941, RAAF 425050 (7/12/41-27/1/45) |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 13 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 19 July 1916 |
| Home Town: | Coorparoo, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Flying Accident, Northern Territory, Australia, 27 January 1945, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT D D 5, Adelaide River War Cemetery, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia |
| Memorials: | Albert Street Uniting Church Memorial Window 1, Albert Street Uniting Church Memorial Window 2, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Nhulunbuy Wall of Remembrance |
World War 2 Service
| 14 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Private, Q107518, Lines of Communication Units, RAAF 425050 (7/12/41-27/1/45) | |
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| 24 Jul 1941: | Discharged Private, Q107518 | |
| 7 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 425050, Aircrew Training Units | |
| 7 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 425050, No. 13 Squadron (RAAF) | |
| 27 Jan 1945: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 425050, No. 13 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SW Pacific 1941-45 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Lionel Arthur and Pauline Minna Poole, of Coorparoo, Queensland. A.F.I.A., A.A.U.Q.
NNA, ADF Srials, WW2 Roll, AWM Flying Officer Bruce Lionel POOLE was one of 7 RAAF members killed in the loss of No 13 Squadron Ventura A59-84 when it crashed on the 27th of January, 1945.
The other crew members were:
S/No 423956 Flying Officer (FLGOFF) Charles George WELL. Charles enlisted on the 18th of July, 1942;
S/No 427499 FLGOFF Charles George WELLS, Charles enlisted on the 18th of July, 1942;
S.NO 427499 FLGOFF Peter Wilberforce CLARKSON;
S/No 426311 FLGOFF Nerden Anderson CHOWNS. Nerden enlisted on the 20th of June, 1942,
S/No 22465 Flight Lieutenant George Alexander ANDERSON. George enlisted on the 20th of May, 1940.
S/No 403695 Warrant Officer John KAY enlisted on the 2nd of March, 1941.
S/No 46571 Leading Aircraftman James David PUGH enlisted on the 23rd of February, 1942.
The names of all of these men are listed on the Northern Territory Memorial at Adelaide River and at Panel 100 in the Commemorative Area of the Australian War Memorial. The attached photo from the AWM archives shows four members of the crew of Ventura A59-84.
These airmen were four of six crew members on board Ventura aircraft A59-84 which took off from Gould Strip, Batchelor, NT, on the morning of 27 January 1945 and returned twenty minutes later requesting landing instructions. The aircraft, which it is believed was experiencing instrument failure, struck the ground during the approach, killing all on board.
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Ventura A59-84 of Number 13 Squadron RAAF crashed near Gould Strip, Batchelor, NT killing all on board:
Warrant Officer John Kay 403695 - Son of Duncan and Margaret Kay of Manly, NSW
Flight Lieutenant George Alexander Anderson 22465 - Son of William John and Ruby Georgina Marion Anderson of Dalby, Queensland
Flying Officer Nurden Anderson Chowns 426311 - Son of Francis and Helena Chowns of Nambour, Queensland
Flying Officer Charles George Watts 423956 - Son of Arthur Benjamin and Ellen Amelia Watts & Husband of Ruth Joyce Watts of Chatswood, NSW
Leading Aircraftman James David Pugh 46571 - Son of Thomas John and Mary Pugh & Husband of Dorothy Mary Pugh of Southern Cross, WA
Flying Officer Bruce Lionel Poole 425050 - Son of Lionel Arthur and Pauline Minna Poole of Coorparoo, Queensland
Parts from aircraft A59-84 are on display at the Darwin Aviation Museum
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