WOODBURN, Calder Fenton
| Service Number: | 400301 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 August 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 455 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia, 15 September 1916 |
| Home Town: | Black Rock, Bayside, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Armidale School, NSW, Brighton Grammar & Dookie Agricultural College, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer & Grazier - Clerk |
| Died: | Flying Battle, France, 2 April 1942, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Kialla West Calder Woodburn Memorial Avenue, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, 400301 | |
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| 18 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 400301, No. 455 Squadron (RAAF) |
Hampden Bomber P5325
Handley-Page Hampden medium bomber P5325
On 3 Apr 1942 a Hampden bomber from 455 Sqn (UB-B) RAAF on a gardening mission to the Quileron Bay area off the coast of France went missing. Aircraft last heard from at 23.38hrs,
Position, 48.53N 05.57W but did not return to base. Post war enquiries found no trace of the missing aircraft or crew. The crew are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Pilot; Plt Off John Edward Malony 402376 RAAF
Nav/Bomb Aimer; Sgt Calder Fenton Woodburn 400301 RAAF
WOp/AG; Fg Off Harry Neville Young 402629 RAAF
WOp/AG: Sgt Horace Edward Rowely 402611 RAAF
Submitted 18 July 2019 by David Potter
Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Calder Fenton WOODBURN was born in Gunnedah, NSW on 15th September, 1916
His parents were James Louis Fenton WOODBURN & Mary Kathleen OLIVER who married in Sydney in 1912
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