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Royal Australian Air Force Rank Sergeant 404047
Unit No. 113 Squadron (RAF) Squadron, Maaten Bagush, Egypt.
He was one of three crew assigned to conduct a night time raid on Bardia, their Blenheim V5590 was shot down off the coast of Mersa Matruh by RAF night fighter aircraft.
Shot Down in Error By A Hurricane of 73 Sqn Off Mersa Matruh When Returning From A Night Raid on Gazala and Bardia, the Pilot Survived.
Sgt Roy Sands was the only survivor after baling out and being rescued some hours after the crash.
The crew members of V5990 were:
Sergeant Alan Godfrey Greenlees (552880) (RAF) (Wireless Operator Air Gunner)
Sergeant William Roy Sands (406037) (Pilot) Rescued, Discharged from the RAAF: 1 May1945
Sergeant Gordon Burrows Woodroffe (404047) (Observer)
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Sandgate Qld, also his name is located at panel 132 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of Harold Burrows Woodroffe and Clara Eliza Woodroffe; husband of Elva Margaret Woodroffe, of Deagon, Queensland, Australia.
Father Harold Burrows Woodroffe (1877-1950)
Mother Clara Eliza Warner (1877-1936)
Royal Australian Air Force Rank Sergeant 404047
Unit No. 113 Squadron (RAF) Squadron, Maaten Bagush, Egypt.
He was one of three crew assigned to conduct a night time raid on Bardia, their Blenheim V5590 was shot down off the coast of Mersa Matruh by RAF night fighter aircraft.
Shot Down in Error By A Hurricane of 73 Sqn Off Mersa Matruh When Returning From A Night Raid on Gazala and Bardia, the Pilot Survived.
Sgt Roy Sands was the only survivor after baling out and being rescued some hours after the crash.
The crew members of V5990 were:
Sergeant Alan Godfrey Greenlees (552880) (RAF) (Wireless Operator Air Gunner)
Sergeant William Roy Sands (406037) (Pilot) Rescued, Discharged from the RAAF: 1 May1945
Sergeant Gordon Burrows Woodroffe (404047) (Observer)
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Sandgate Qld, also his name is located at panel 132 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of Harold Burrows Woodroffe and Clara Eliza Woodroffe; husband of Elva Margaret Woodroffe, of Deagon, Queensland, Australia.
Father Harold Burrows Woodroffe (1877-1950)
Mother Clara Eliza Warner (1877-1936)
View Memorial site here
Royal Australian Air Force Rank Sergeant 404047
Unit No. 113 Squadron (RAF) Squadron, Maaten Bagush, Egypt.
He was one of three crew assigned to conduct a night time raid on Bardia, their Blenheim V5590 was shot down off the coast of Mersa Matruh by RAF night fighter aircraft.
Shot Down in Error By A Hurricane of 73 Sqn Off Mersa Matruh When Returning From A Night Raid on Gazala and Bardia, the Pilot Survived.
Sgt Roy Sands was the only survivor after baling out and being rescued some hours after the crash.
The crew members of V5990 were:
Sergeant Alan Godfrey Greenlees (552880) (RAF) (Wireless Operator Air Gunner)
Sergeant William Roy Sands (406037) (Pilot) Rescued, Discharged from the RAAF: 1 May1945
Sergeant Gordon Burrows Woodroffe (404047) (Observer)
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Sandgate Qld, also his name is located at panel 132 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of Harold Burrows Woodroffe and Clara Eliza Woodroffe; husband of Elva Margaret Woodroffe, of Deagon, Queensland, Australia.
Father Harold Burrows Woodroffe (1877-1950)
Mother Clara Eliza Warner (1877-1936)
Royal Australian Air Force Rank Sergeant 404047
Unit No. 113 Squadron (RAF) Squadron, Maaten Bagush, Egypt.
He was one of three crew assigned to conduct a night time raid on Bardia, their Blenheim V5590 was shot down off the coast of Mersa Matruh by RAF night fighter aircraft.
Shot Down in Error By A Hurricane of 73 Sqn Off Mersa Matruh When Returning From A Night Raid on Gazala and Bardia, the Pilot Survived.
Sgt Roy Sands was the only survivor after baling out and being rescued some hours after the crash.
The crew members of V5990 were:
Sergeant Alan Godfrey Greenlees (552880) (RAF) (Wireless Operator Air Gunner)
Sergeant William Roy Sands (406037) (Pilot) Rescued, Discharged from the RAAF: 1 May1945
Sergeant Gordon Burrows Woodroffe (404047) (Observer)
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Sandgate Qld, also his name is located at panel 132 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of Harold Burrows Woodroffe and Clara Eliza Woodroffe; husband of Elva Margaret Woodroffe, of Deagon, Queensland, Australia.
Father Harold Burrows Woodroffe (1877-1950)
Mother Clara Eliza Warner (1877-1936)
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