Calder Fenton WOODBURN

WOODBURN, Calder Fenton

Service Number: 400301
Enlisted: 18 August 1940
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: No. 455 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia, 15 September 1916
Home Town: Black Rock, Bayside, Victoria
Schooling: Armidale School, NSW, Brighton Grammar & Dookie Agricultural College, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Farmer & Grazier - Clerk
Died: Flying Battle, France, 2 April 1942, aged 25 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Kialla West Calder Woodburn Memorial Avenue, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Sergeant, 400301
18 Aug 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 400301, No. 455 Squadron (RAAF)

Hampden Bomber P5325

Handley-Page Hampden medium bomber P5325

On 3 Apr 1942 a Hampden bomber from 455 Sqn (UB-B) RAAF on a gardening mission to the Quileron Bay area off the coast of France went missing. Aircraft last heard from at 23.38hrs,
Position, 48.53N 05.57W but did not return to base. Post war enquiries found no trace of the missing aircraft or crew. The crew are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.

Pilot; Plt Off John Edward Malony 402376 RAAF
Nav/Bomb Aimer; Sgt Calder Fenton Woodburn 400301 RAAF
WOp/AG; Fg Off Harry Neville Young 402629 RAAF
WOp/AG: Sgt Horace Edward Rowely 402611 RAAF

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Calder Fenton WOODBURN was born in Gunnedah, NSW on 15th September, 1916

His parents were James Louis Fenton WOODBURN & Mary Kathleen OLIVER who married in Sydney in 1912