Donovan Gerhard BOEHM

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BOEHM, Donovan Gerhard

Service Number:	39453
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit:	Royal Air Force - unspecified units
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 11 September 1913
Home Town:	Westbourne Park (Cottonville), Mitcham, South Australia
Schooling:	Adelaide Technical High School, Adelaide, South Australia
Occupation:	Salesman
Died:	Flying Accident, Kiphissia, Athens, Greece, 1 April 1941, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Phaleron War Cemetery, Athens, Greece 4. A. 10
Memorials:	Adelaide Technical High School Old Scholars WW2 Honour Roll, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Royal Air Force , Flight Lieutenant, 39453, Royal Air Force - unspecified units

Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of August Wilhelm and Evelyn Charlotte Corali Boehm (of Adelaide, South Australia) - there is a memorial to FLTLT Boehm on the family gravesite in Mitcham General Cemetery, Adelaide

Husband of Margaret Boehm of Littlehampton, Sussex, England

Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) Donovan Gerhard Boehm graduated as a pilot from Point Cook in 1937 and was transferred from the RAAF to the RAF on a short-term commission (RAF Service Number 39453)

Died in the accidental crash of RAF 84 Squadron Blenheim IV T2382 with his crew (Sgt KG Lee and LAC H Jackson) at Kiphissia (Kifisia), Greece

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