In Memory Of

BOURNE, RODERICK KENNETH

Service Details
Age:
 28
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 100541
Rank:
 Flying Officer
Unit:
 413 (R.C.A.F.) Sqdn.
Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
 1942-04-09
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, in Catalina I W8421:QL-Y. Took off Koggala, 0256. At 0716 reported the position and speed of a large enemy force, but before his message was completed, was shot down by two A6Ms, which had taken off from 'Hiryu' at 0600, flown by NAP 1/C Hino and NA 1/C Kotani.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Column 412.
Cemetery:
 SINGAPORE MEMORIAL
Country:
 Singapore
Additional Information
Son of Ernest and Cecil Mary Bourne; husband of Rosalie Bourne, of Dawsons, Southern Rhodesia.