BOUSSA, Adolphe Lucien
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rank: S/Lstatus: survived
airforce: RAF (no: 101465 )
born: 1905-01-13 Glaine Belgium
added by: Adrian Dwyer
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Boussa was a pupil pilot with '67th'. he was promoted on 12 December 1931 and had reached the rank of Captain when War broke out (March 1940). He commanded 3/III/2 Sqn at Nivelles, equipped with Fairey FoxVI. He Escaped from occupied Belgium and reached the UK on 1 June 1941.
He was commissioned P/O and after a refresh course at Heston OTU (27 July 1941) he was posted to 131 Sqn (30 August), 79 Sqn (22 October), 118 Sqn (4 January 1942), 615 Sqn (7 January), to 234 Sqn (18 February), 2 Delivery Flight (22 February) 130 Sqn (28 February), 124 Sqn (4 March) and finally to 350 (BE) Sqn on 28 March 1942 - where he became flight commander. In December 1942 he took command over the Squadron.
Boussa was transferred to the SAS in early 1944 and was parachuted in France, where he formed evacuation camps for escaped Allied air crew. He also executed intelligence missions. In August 1944, he organised a break through the enemy lines near Le Mans with 157 airmen.
Later, he was Posted to Staf duties and led the recruiting bureau for the Belgian Section of the RAF. Promoted W/Cdr, the Section was transferred to Belgium in November 1944. Boussa was awarded a DFC, a MC (28 November 1945) and the French Legion d'Honneur for his war activities. He died on 13 March 1967 at Clayes (France).
Known awards
Distinguished Flying Cross, Military Cross, Knight in the Order of the Crown, Officer in the Order of the Crown, Belgian Croix de Guerre 1940 with 5 Palms, Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur, Medal of Freedom with Silver Palm (US), French Croix de Guerre with Palm, Médaille de la France Liberée, Croix des Evadés, Médaille de la Résistance, War Medal 1939-45, Air Crew Europe Star, 1939/1943 Star.
DFC Citiation of 11 November 1946:
" Squadron Leader Boussa has served with distinction as a regular officer of the Belgian Air Force. He escaped from enemy-occupied territory in 1941 and joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (Belgian Section) as a fighter pilot. He served with a number of Squadrons and completed numerous operational sorties in the course of which he destroyed several enemy aircraft. Squadron Leader Boussa was also engaged upon special missions of most dangerous nature. His resourceful and audacious leadership and high courage in all circumstances have won the admiration of all whom he has come in contact."
His claims in combat are :
23/05/1942 1 FW-190 Damaged Rodeo: St-Omer [See report (1), below]
19/08/1942 1 FW-190 Dieppe (Operation Jubilé) [See report (2), below]
19/08/1942 1 FW-190 Probable Dieppe (Operation Jubilé)
19/08/1942 1 FW-190 Damaged Dieppe (Operation Jubilé)
06/04/1943 1 Do-217 70 miles East from Acklington (?) [See report (3), below]
report (1) - Rodeo 46 with the Biggin Hill Wing and Hornchurch Wing. The squadron is involved in a clash with Fw-190's (II and III/JG.26). "Plis" Plisnier obtains the first confirmed kill of 350 and also damaged another one. Boussa and Laumans also each damaged a Fw-190. During the same melee Winterbeeck was shot down and crashed in to the sea and was reported MIA. Peeters, crash landed near Calais after being hit and was taken prisoner.
report (2) - Dieppe: 1st mission: take off at 07.20 a.m. Above Dieppe 350 Squadron met a dozen Fw-190, resulting in a destroyed Fw-190 for the "Duke", a shared for H. Picard and E. Plas and a damaged one for L. Flohimont. H. Marchal was hit and had to bale out and was made a POW. The second sortie which took off at 11 a.m. was also successful: 3 Fw-190 destroyed (F. Venesoen, A. Boussa and R. Alexandre) and 4 and 1 shared damaged (F. Boute: 1 and 1 shared with G. Seydel and A. Boussa, R. Alexandre and the "Duke", each damaged one).The third mission at 12.20 p.m. saw a Ju-88 destroyed in co-operation by H. Smets, F. Boute, A. Plisnier and J. Van Leerberghe. The last mission of the day saw 12 Spitfires taking off at 15.15 and again the squadron were successful with 2 Fw-190 destroyed (F. Venesoen and A. Plisnier) and 4 Fw-190 and one Do-217 damaged (G. Seydel, L. Flohimont, E. Plas, R. Alexandre and J. Van Leerberghe).
report (3) - During a low altitude interception exercise, the C.O., A. Boussa, discovers a lone Do-217 at 50 miles from the coast and shoots it down.
He was commissioned P/O and after a refresh course at Heston OTU (27 July 1941) he was posted to 131 Sqn (30 August), 79 Sqn (22 October), 118 Sqn (4 January 1942), 615 Sqn (7 January), to 234 Sqn (18 February), 2 Delivery Flight (22 February) 130 Sqn (28 February), 124 Sqn (4 March) and finally to 350 (BE) Sqn on 28 March 1942 - where he became flight commander. In December 1942 he took command over the Squadron.
Boussa was transferred to the SAS in early 1944 and was parachuted in France, where he formed evacuation camps for escaped Allied air crew. He also executed intelligence missions. In August 1944, he organised a break through the enemy lines near Le Mans with 157 airmen.
Later, he was Posted to Staf duties and led the recruiting bureau for the Belgian Section of the RAF. Promoted W/Cdr, the Section was transferred to Belgium in November 1944. Boussa was awarded a DFC, a MC (28 November 1945) and the French Legion d'Honneur for his war activities. He died on 13 March 1967 at Clayes (France).
Known awards
Distinguished Flying Cross, Military Cross, Knight in the Order of the Crown, Officer in the Order of the Crown, Belgian Croix de Guerre 1940 with 5 Palms, Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur, Medal of Freedom with Silver Palm (US), French Croix de Guerre with Palm, Médaille de la France Liberée, Croix des Evadés, Médaille de la Résistance, War Medal 1939-45, Air Crew Europe Star, 1939/1943 Star.
DFC Citiation of 11 November 1946:
" Squadron Leader Boussa has served with distinction as a regular officer of the Belgian Air Force. He escaped from enemy-occupied territory in 1941 and joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (Belgian Section) as a fighter pilot. He served with a number of Squadrons and completed numerous operational sorties in the course of which he destroyed several enemy aircraft. Squadron Leader Boussa was also engaged upon special missions of most dangerous nature. His resourceful and audacious leadership and high courage in all circumstances have won the admiration of all whom he has come in contact."
His claims in combat are :
23/05/1942 1 FW-190 Damaged Rodeo: St-Omer [See report (1), below]
19/08/1942 1 FW-190 Dieppe (Operation Jubilé) [See report (2), below]
19/08/1942 1 FW-190 Probable Dieppe (Operation Jubilé)
19/08/1942 1 FW-190 Damaged Dieppe (Operation Jubilé)
06/04/1943 1 Do-217 70 miles East from Acklington (?) [See report (3), below]
report (1) - Rodeo 46 with the Biggin Hill Wing and Hornchurch Wing. The squadron is involved in a clash with Fw-190's (II and III/JG.26). "Plis" Plisnier obtains the first confirmed kill of 350 and also damaged another one. Boussa and Laumans also each damaged a Fw-190. During the same melee Winterbeeck was shot down and crashed in to the sea and was reported MIA. Peeters, crash landed near Calais after being hit and was taken prisoner.
report (2) - Dieppe: 1st mission: take off at 07.20 a.m. Above Dieppe 350 Squadron met a dozen Fw-190, resulting in a destroyed Fw-190 for the "Duke", a shared for H. Picard and E. Plas and a damaged one for L. Flohimont. H. Marchal was hit and had to bale out and was made a POW. The second sortie which took off at 11 a.m. was also successful: 3 Fw-190 destroyed (F. Venesoen, A. Boussa and R. Alexandre) and 4 and 1 shared damaged (F. Boute: 1 and 1 shared with G. Seydel and A. Boussa, R. Alexandre and the "Duke", each damaged one).The third mission at 12.20 p.m. saw a Ju-88 destroyed in co-operation by H. Smets, F. Boute, A. Plisnier and J. Van Leerberghe. The last mission of the day saw 12 Spitfires taking off at 15.15 and again the squadron were successful with 2 Fw-190 destroyed (F. Venesoen and A. Plisnier) and 4 Fw-190 and one Do-217 damaged (G. Seydel, L. Flohimont, E. Plas, R. Alexandre and J. Van Leerberghe).
report (3) - During a low altitude interception exercise, the C.O., A. Boussa, discovers a lone Do-217 at 50 miles from the coast and shoots it down.
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