LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer Thomas John BOLGER
Service No: 405291
Born: Maryborough QLD, 15 April 1921
Enlisted in the RAAF: 2 March 1941
Unit: No. 692 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Gransden Lodge
Died: Air Operations: (No. 692 Squadron Mosquito aircraft PF393), Belgium, 26 September 1944, Aged 23 Years
Buried: Mignault Communal Cemetery, Hainaut, Belgium
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Bolger, of Hendra, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 119, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Brother of Flight Sergeant Hugh Burke Bolger (414193)
At 1906 hours on the night of 25 September 1944, Mosquito PF393 took off from Gransden Lodge detailed to bomb Mannheim, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it failed to return to base. The aircraft crashed at Mignault, (Hainaut) Belgium, 18 kms east north east of Mons, and both crew members were killed.
The crew members of PF393 were:
Flying Officer Thomas John Bolger (405291) (Navigator)
Flying Officer Leonard James Brennan (413020) (RNZAF) (Pilot)
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
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/6/719