LEST WE FORGET
Air Operations (No. 464 Squadron Mosquito aircraft NT231), Belgium, 1 January 1945
Mosquito NT231 took off from RAF Thorney Island at 0140 hours on the 1st January 1945, being one of 18 aircraft from the squadron detailed to bomb enemy concentrations in the battle area and attack motor transport, tanks, villages and woods. NT231 failed to return from the mission. It was later learned that both crew members had been killed and they are buried in the Heverlee War Cemetery.
The crew members of NT231 were:
Pilot Officer Irvine Clifford Bradley (J/93970) (RCAF) (Pilot)
Flight Sergeant Edward Owen Bule (1602613) (RAFVR) (Navigator)
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
Bibliography:
Lax, M. (Mark) and Leon Kane-Maguire The Gestapo Hunters: 464 Squadron RAAF 1942-5, Banner Books Maryborough QLD 4650, 1999
Vincent, D. (David) Mosquito Monograph: A history of Mosquitoes in Australia and RAAF operations, David Vincent Highbury SA 5089, 1982