LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Philip Hugh BOULTON
From Australia serving in the Royal Air Force
Service No: 907098 (RAFVR)
Born: Location, Date unavailable
Enlisted in the RAF: Date unavailable
Unit: No. 604 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Middle Wallop, Hampshire
Died: Air Operations (No. 604 Squadron Beaufighter aircraft R2073), Dorset, 29 May 1941, Aged 26 Years
Buried: Alperton Cemetery, Middlesex
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Dr. Nigel Boulton and Mona E. Boulton, husband of Eileen Mary Boulton, of Alperton, Wembley
Roll of Honour: Unknown
On 29 May 1941, Beaufighter R2073 crashed near Swanage, Dorset, and the crew members were killed. The crew members were:
Sergeant Philip Hugh Boulton (907098) (RAFVR) (Navigator)
Flight Sergeant Stanley Nelson Hawke (804142) (RAFVR) (Air Gunner)
Pilot Officer Peter Frederick Jackson DFM (63790) (RAF) (Pilot)
References:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Newton, Dennis First Impact, Banner Books, Maryborough QLD 4650, 1997
RAF Commands Website