LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer Bruce Aitken EVANS
Service No: 713
Born: Footscray VIC, 29 August 1918
Enlisted in the RAAF: 17 January 1938
Unit: No. 3 Squadron
Died: Air Operations: (No. 3 Squadron Tomahawk aircraft AN343), Libya, 25 November 1941, Aged 23 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William de Lacey Evans, and of Elizabeth Agnes Evans, of Frankston, Victoria, Australia
Roll of Honour: Frankston VIC
Remembered: Column 245, Alamein Memorial, Egypt
Remembered: Panel 98, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 25 November 1941, Tomahawk AN343 flown by Flying Officer Evans was engaged in a Squadron sweep of eight aircraft in the Sidi Rezegh area, Libya. The formation encountered about 60 enemy aircraft and AN343 failed to return from the ensuing engagement.
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, 163/30/49