LEST WE FORGET
Warrant Officer Victor William Arthur PIVOTT
Service No: 411604
Born: Belmore NSW, 25 January 1921
Enlisted in the RAAF: 24 May 1941
Unit: No. 159 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Air Operations: (No. 159 Squadron Liberator aircraft EV867), Bay of Bengal, 28 August 1944, Aged 23 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Edward Williams Pivott and Daisy Ethel Pivott, of Belmore, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Column 443, Singapore Memorial, Singapore
Remembered: Panel 128, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Brother of Flying Officer Allan Hoadley Pivott (20621)
On 28 August 1944 Liberator EV867 was detailed to lay mines in the approaches to Port Blair anchorage on Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal. The operation was timed to be carried out immediately after dark at 2000 hours. The aircraft failed to return to base. After post war searches and investigations, it was recorded that the missing crew members had no known graves.
The crew members of EV867 were:
Flying Officer Quentin Garden (88614) (RAFVR) (Pilot)
Sergeant Leonard Hall (1532286) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Sergeant John King (1804662) (RAFVR) (Additional Gunner)
Pilot Officer Clifford Ernest Lockwood (184464) (RAFVR) (Navigator Bomb Aimer)
Flight Sergeant Allan Haigh Maude (1590962) (RAFVR) (Tail Gunner)
Warrant Officer Victor William Arthur Pivott (411604) (Wireless Operator Air)
Flying Officer Clifford Robinson (151549) (RAFVR) (Second Pilot)
Sergeant Kenneth Towers (1494991) (RAFVR) (Upper 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, 166/32/480