LEST WE FORGET
Pilot Officer John Bartlett BULL
From Australia serving in the Royal Air Force
Service No: 40599 (RAF)
Born: Date, Location unavailable
Enlisted in the RAF: Date unavailable
Unit: No. 50 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Waddington, Lincolnshire
Died: Air Operations (No. 50 Squadron Hampden I aircraft L4064), North Sea, 12 April 1940, Aged 28 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Alfred Clarence and Zoe Maud Bull, of Norwood, South Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 7, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey UK
Remembered: Commemorative Roll, Australian War Memorial, Canberra
Hampden L4064 took off from Waddington at 0815 hours to attack shipping reported in Kristiansand Harbour. The aircraft ditched at 1420 hours, 120 miles east of Newcastle. It is believed that the crew managed to get into their dinghy, but despite an extensive search no trace was found. Sergeant Nevinson’s remains were later recovered and are buried in the Kiel War Cemetery; the remainder have not been found.
The crew members of L4064 were:
Pilot Officer John Bartlett Bull (40599) (RAF) (Pilot)
Corporal George Fawcett (623895) (RAF) (Air Gunner)
Sergeant William Stuart Nevinson (580494) (RAF) (Wireless Operator)
Pilot Officer Alonzo Derek Pilcher (40848) (RAF) (Observer)
References:
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll On-Line Records
Chorley, W.R. Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War Volume 1 Aircraft and Aircrew Losses 1939-1940, Midland Counties Publications UK, 1992
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records