Percival Roy BOTHWELL

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BOTHWELL, Percival Roy

Service Number:	695
Enlisted:	5 February 1940
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 3 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Murree, India, 18 August 1921
Home Town:	Chatswood, Willoughby, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Public Servant
Died:	Flying Battle, Tobruk, Libya, Middle East, 26 November 1941, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Halfaya Sollum War Cemetery, Sollum, Egypt Plot 22. Row A. Grave 2. Local Roll of Honour - Chatswood, NSW
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane No 3 Squadron Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flying Officer, 695
5 Feb 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Air Cadet, 695, No. 2 Elementary Flying Training School Benalla
5 Feb 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 695, No. 3 Squadron (RAAF)
28 Jun 1940:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer
28 Dec 1940:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer
24 Mar 1941:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 695, No. 3 Squadron (RAAF), Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Flying Officer Bothwell 695 in Tomahawk AM398 of 3SQN was killed when his aircraft was hit by ground fire and crashed while attacking a column of German tanks heading east through Allied lines near Sidi Omar (a book by Bobby Gibbes states that Roy Bothwell flew straight into a tank)

He has an entry in the book "Those Other Eagles" by Christopher Shores

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