In Memory Of

BUSHELL, ROGER JOYCE

Service Details
Age:
 33
Date of Birth:
 1910-08-30
Service No:
 90120
Rank:
 Squadron Leader
Unit:
 601 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 Royal Air Force (Auxiliary Air Force)
Date of Death:
 1944-03-29
Cause of Death:
 Executed by the Nazis for his role in the Great Escape. One of the 50.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Coll. grave 9. A.
Cemetery:
 POZNAN OLD GARRISON CEMETERY
Country:
 Poland
Additional Information
Decorations:
 Mentioned in Despatches (twice)
Citations:
 LG Sup 8 June 1944 pg. 2615; LG Sup 13 June 1946 pg. 2817
Son of Benjamin Daniel and Dorothy Wingate Bushell, of Mossel River, Cape Province, South Africa. B.A. (Cantab.); Barrister-at-Law, Lincolns Inn. Known as "Big X" during his time as a prisoner-of-war. Headed the Great Escape. Shot down 23-May-40, Spitfire I, N3194, recaptured at Saarbrucken, murdered 29-Mar-44 by Schulz, cremated at Saarbrucken. On Hermanus War Memorial