Service No: 412066
Royal Australian Air Force
466 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn
He was the son of Oswald Arthur and Ada Louisa Johnston, of Wingham, New South Wales, Australia.
Age 27
He died when aircraft (Halifax HX312), was shot down while returning from a raid on Magdeburg, Germany and crashed at De Lutte (Overijssel)in the Netherlands, a village on the Dutch-German border. Five of the crew were killed, including Sydney, and two others were captured.
Those who died in the same crash were:
Sergeant Sydney Hennan, RAF
Sergeant John Fisher Morgan, RAF
Flight Sergeant John Kevin Thompson, RAAF
Sergeant Leonard William Wykes, RAF
Service No: 412066
Royal Australian Air Force
466 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn
He was the son of Oswald Arthur and Ada Louisa Johnston, of Wingham, New South Wales, Australia.
Age 27
He died when aircraft (Halifax HX312), was shot down while returning from a raid on Magdeburg, Germany and crashed at De Lutte (Overijssel)in the Netherlands, a village on the Dutch-German border. Five of the crew were killed, including Sydney, and two others were captured.
Those who died in the same crash were:
Sergeant Sydney Hennan, RAF
Sergeant John Fisher Morgan, RAF
Flight Sergeant John Kevin Thompson, RAAF
Sergeant Leonard William Wykes, RAF
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