LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Frank Stuart Burdett SCOUGALL
Service No: 423485
Born: North Sydney NSW, 25 December 1923
Enlisted in the RAAF: 30 June 1942
Unit: No. 115 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Witchford
Died: Air Operations: (No. 115 Squadron Lancaster aircraft PD344), Germany, 5 October 1944, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Rheinberg War Cemetery, Kamp Lintfort, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Dr. Stuart Seton Hammond Scougall, and Gwenyth Florence Scougall, of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Sydney NSW
Remembered: Panel 130, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Ku-ring-gai World War II Book of Remembrance, Gordon NSW
At 1715 hours on the night of 5 October 1944 Lancaster PD344 took off from Witchford detailed to bomb Saarbrucken, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it failed to return to base. It was later reported that two aircraft were shot down at Wolsfeld near Trier. Eight bodies were identified of which five were from PD344.
The crew members of PD344 were:
Sergeant Arthur William Blake (1263138) (RAFVR) (Mid Upper Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Maurice William Blockley (1582340) (RAFVR) (Navigator)
Sergeant Cecil Albert Coe (1507583) (RAFVR) (Rear Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Ross Walter Cuthbert (424059) (RNZAF) (Air Bomber)
Flight Sergeant Kenneth Michael Henderson (1092311) (RAFVR) (Pilot)
Sergeant Albert Horridge (2211444) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Flight Sergeant Frank Stuart Burdett Scougall (423485) (Wireless Operator Air)
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, 166/37/563
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line