Felix BURROWS
1924 - 1944 (20 years) Has 16 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.-
Name Felix BURROWS Relationship with Rodney VOJVODICH Birth 24 Feb 1924 North Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia Gender Male AKA Flip Military Service Between and 15 Nov 1942 World War 2 - W55772 - Rear Gunner in Royal Australian Air Force Death 15 Nov 1944 Cause: Shot down in a plane while on a mission over Dortmund, Germany Siblings 6 siblings Siblings 1 brother and 5 sisters Half-siblings 3 half brothers and 1 half sister (family of Frederick William BURROWS and Isabel SCOTT) Patriarch & Matriarch James BURROWS, b. 1855, Marston, Bedfordshire, England d. 14 Feb 1922, Hammersmith, Middlesex, England (Age 67 years) (Grandfather)
Susannah SERGEANT, b. 1792 d. 17 Jun 1832, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia (Age 40 years) (3 x Great Grandmother)Person ID I36588 MyBradyTree | SMD, PMJ, LW, GW Last Modified 9 Nov 2024
Father Frederick William BURROWS, b. 19 Dec 1881, Hammersmith, Middlesex, England d. 13 Jun 1971, North Doubleview, Western Australia, Australia (Age 89 years)
Other Partners: Isabel SCOTT m. Abt 1908Mother Mary Maud MORTIMER, b. 2 May 1897, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia d. 13 Jul 1994, Mount Lawley, Western Australia, Australia (Age 97 years) Marriage 1920 Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia Reference Number #44 Family ID F5731 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Those with ## were the regular crew those with @ the extra two.
The curator of 115 sq are Barry and Sue Aldridge of 3 West End ELY Cambs CB3AY who run a museum on the site of the old Airodrome.
Aircrew Remembrance Society
Mission: Dortmund
Date: 15th November 1944
Unit: No. 115 Squadron ("Despite the Elements")
Type: Lancaster I
Serial: HK595
Code: KO-A
Base: Witchford, Cambridgeshire.
Location: Leverkusen, Germany
Pilot: Sq/Ldr. Hugh Wilfred Castle 122360 R.A.F.V.R. Age 30. Killed - Captain
http://www.unithistories.com/officers/RAFVR_officers_C01.html#Castle_HW
Pilot 2: F/O. Peter Derek Mullett 153056 R.A.F.V.R. Age 21. Killed
http://www.unithistories.com/officers/RAFVR_officers_M01.html#Mullett_PD
## Fl/ Eng: Sgt. Graham Mortimer Sampson 1608556 R.A.F.V.R. Age 21. Killed - Fl Engnr
@ Air/Bmr: Fl/Sgt. Bernard Collinson 1549496 R.A.F.V.R. Age ? Killed - Air bmbr
## W/Op/Air/Gnr: Fl/Sgt. Arthur Horace Gribble 1397763 R.A.F.V.R. Age ? Killed - Wop
## Air/Gnr: P/O. Felix Milton Burrows 427230 R.A.A.F. Age 20. Killed - Gnnr
## Air/Gnr: P/O. Robert John O'Sullivan 415910 R.A.A.F. Age ? Killed - Rear Gnnr
@ Air/Gnr: P/O. Gordon Forbes Dawson J/89896 R.C.A.F. Age 22. Killed
## Air/Gnr: Fl/Sgt. Ronald Stuart Stickland 430523 R.A.A.F. Age 19. Killed - Mid Gnnr
REASON FOR LOSS:
Took off at 12.40 hrs from Witchford near Ely in Cambridgeshire to attack Dortmund. 177 Lancaster's took part in this G-H attack (1) on the oil plant in Dortmund which had been classed as very accurate even though the raid took place with thick cloud.
This Lancaster HK595 collided with another Lancaster NN706 in a mid air collision also from the same squadron. These were the only aircraft to be lost on this raid. The crew of the NN706 Lancaster flown by Fl/Lt. John William Davidson R.C.A.F. were also all lost - details will be added in another section of the website.
Very unusual crew formation on Lancaster HK595 - normally a 7 man crew this Lancaster had a crew of 9 - made up with an extra pilot and an extra air gunner who operated in the mid-under (belly) gunner position.
(1) G-H - A two station radio direction finder system - Instruments in the bomber measured its position from one station and distance from another. It could be used by up to 80 bombers from any one pair of stations. By using more than one pair of stations, multiple targets could be attacked at the same time without the aid of pathfinders and markers. Once a major part of Bomber Command was fitted with the technology, G-H became a most useful blind-bombing device.
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Regards Geoff Castle - 2013 - castles4-at-care4free.net
Reference Darryl Brady. "Felix BURROWS". Brady Family Tree in Western Australia. https://bradyfamilytree.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I36588&tree=BRADY2008 (accessed November 28, 2024).