LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Jacob Henry RODEN
Service No: 411053
Born: Clovelly NSW, 4 February 1921
Enlisted in the RAAF: 31 March 1941
Unit: No. 150 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Snaith
Died: Air Operations: (No. 150 Squadron Wellington aircraft X3762), France, 20 September 1942, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Choloy War Cemetery, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Henry and Ruby Roden; husband of Helen Patricia Roden
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 129, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: The Great Synagogue World War II Roll of Honour, Sydney NSW
Remembered: The Great Synagogue Roll of Honour Book, Sydney NSW
Wellington X3762 took off from Snaith at 1955 hours on the night of 19/20 September 1942, detailed to bomb Saarbrucken, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take off and it failed to return to base. Later it was learned that all the crew members had been were killed.
The crew members of X3762 were:
Sergeant Robert George Bassett (655691) (RAF) (Navigator)
Sergeant Walter Alan Frederick Brannon (656869) (RAF) (Air Bomber)
Flight Sergeant Robert Dudley Gibson (R/76541) (RCAF) (Air Gunner)
Sergeant Douglas Northey (1318802) (RAFVR) (Pilot)
Sergeant Jacob Henry Roden (411053) (Wireless Air Gunner)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/158/356
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line