Service Number:--- 405394
Born:---Mackay, Queensland, 3rd August 1920.
Next of Kin:--- James Chataway
Enlisted in RAAF:---- 29th March 1941, Brisbane, Queensland.
Final Rank:--- Flying Officer
Final Unit:--- No. 10 Squadron (RAAF), Mount Batten
Fate:--- Died in air operations in No. 10 Squadron Sunderland aircraft W3999, off United Kingdom Coast, on 21st June 1942, aged 21 years.
Burial: --- No known grave. "Known Unto God".
Parents:--- James Cosmo Mant Chataway and Frances Mary Williams, married 16th May 1916, Queensland.
Memorials:--- Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial
Roll of Honour: ---Mackay Queensland
Remembered:--- Panel 109, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey UK
Remembered:--- Panel 99, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra
Remembered:--- Rathmines Memorial Bowling Club, Rathmines NSW
Details of Last Mission:---Back in the Bay (of Biscay), Australian Sunderlands, not needed at Gibraltar, flew several anti-shipping sorties and it was noticed that enemy ships on the Bilbao-Bayonne iron-ore route were being escorted by destroyers, a welcome sign that air pressure was forcing the Germans to exert more and more effort in the defence of this trade. On 18th June two Sunderlands were sent to patrol round a threatened convoy, and Flight Lieutenant Judell did invaluable work in directing the rescue of survivors from the sloop Wild Swan, which was well ahead of the convoy and had been attacked and bombed by thirty Ju-88's. The damage was so serious that she had to be abandoned. Unfortunately, Judell was shot down three days later, while on another air-sea rescue search for a missing Wellington. This was the first Sunderland lost by No. 10 Squadron in the air through enemy action in the twenty-nine months of its operation.
Extract from Herington, J. (John) (406545) Air War Against Germany and Italy 1939-1943, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 1954 – Page 285
The crew members of W3999 were:
Sergeant Phillip Mervyn Benison (11065) (First Fitter)
Flying Officer Cosmo Clive Chataway (405394) (ThirdPilot)
Aircraftman Class 1 Thomas Dorney (19034) (Second Fitter)
Flying Officer Bruce Napoleon Gilbert (401596) (Navigator)
Flying Officer Jacques Hazard (Free French Forces) (Second Pilot)
Flight Lieutenant Maurice Leopold Judell (466) (Pilot)
Sergeant John Valentine McLean (405419) (Second Radio Operator)
Sergeant James Edward Taylor (3846) (First Radio Operator)
Aircraftman Class 1 Francis William Tipping (4089) (Armourer)
Leading Aircraftman Robert George Willis (11931) (Rigger)
Sergeant William Lawrence Winterflood (405093) (Tail Gunner)
Born:---Mackay, Queensland, 3rd August 1920.
Next of Kin:--- James Chataway
Enlisted in RAAF:---- 29th March 1941, Brisbane, Queensland.
Final Rank:--- Flying Officer
Final Unit:--- No. 10 Squadron (RAAF), Mount Batten
Fate:--- Died in air operations in No. 10 Squadron Sunderland aircraft W3999, off United Kingdom Coast, on 21st June 1942, aged 21 years.
Burial: --- No known grave. "Known Unto God".
Parents:--- James Cosmo Mant Chataway and Frances Mary Williams, married 16th May 1916, Queensland.
Memorials:--- Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial
Roll of Honour: ---Mackay Queensland
Remembered:--- Panel 109, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey UK
Remembered:--- Panel 99, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra
Remembered:--- Rathmines Memorial Bowling Club, Rathmines NSW
Details of Last Mission:---Back in the Bay (of Biscay), Australian Sunderlands, not needed at Gibraltar, flew several anti-shipping sorties and it was noticed that enemy ships on the Bilbao-Bayonne iron-ore route were being escorted by destroyers, a welcome sign that air pressure was forcing the Germans to exert more and more effort in the defence of this trade. On 18th June two Sunderlands were sent to patrol round a threatened convoy, and Flight Lieutenant Judell did invaluable work in directing the rescue of survivors from the sloop Wild Swan, which was well ahead of the convoy and had been attacked and bombed by thirty Ju-88's. The damage was so serious that she had to be abandoned. Unfortunately, Judell was shot down three days later, while on another air-sea rescue search for a missing Wellington. This was the first Sunderland lost by No. 10 Squadron in the air through enemy action in the twenty-nine months of its operation.
Extract from Herington, J. (John) (406545) Air War Against Germany and Italy 1939-1943, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 1954 – Page 285
The crew members of W3999 were:
Sergeant Phillip Mervyn Benison (11065) (First Fitter)
Flying Officer Cosmo Clive Chataway (405394) (ThirdPilot)
Aircraftman Class 1 Thomas Dorney (19034) (Second Fitter)
Flying Officer Bruce Napoleon Gilbert (401596) (Navigator)
Flying Officer Jacques Hazard (Free French Forces) (Second Pilot)
Flight Lieutenant Maurice Leopold Judell (466) (Pilot)
Sergeant John Valentine McLean (405419) (Second Radio Operator)
Sergeant James Edward Taylor (3846) (First Radio Operator)
Aircraftman Class 1 Francis William Tipping (4089) (Armourer)
Leading Aircraftman Robert George Willis (11931) (Rigger)
Sergeant William Lawrence Winterflood (405093) (Tail Gunner)
Service Number:--- 405394
Born:---Mackay, Queensland, 3rd August 1920.
Next of Kin:--- James Chataway
Enlisted in RAAF:---- 29th March 1941, Brisbane, Queensland.
Final Rank:--- Flying Officer
Final Unit:--- No. 10 Squadron (RAAF), Mount Batten
Fate:--- Died in air operations in No. 10 Squadron Sunderland aircraft W3999, off United Kingdom Coast, on 21st June 1942, aged 21 years.
Burial: --- No known grave. "Known Unto God".
Parents:--- James Cosmo Mant Chataway and Frances Mary Williams, married 16th May 1916, Queensland.
Memorials:--- Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial
Roll of Honour: ---Mackay Queensland
Remembered:--- Panel 109, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey UK
Remembered:--- Panel 99, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra
Remembered:--- Rathmines Memorial Bowling Club, Rathmines NSW
Details of Last Mission:---Back in the Bay (of Biscay), Australian Sunderlands, not needed at Gibraltar, flew several anti-shipping sorties and it was noticed that enemy ships on the Bilbao-Bayonne iron-ore route were being escorted by destroyers, a welcome sign that air pressure was forcing the Germans to exert more and more effort in the defence of this trade. On 18th June two Sunderlands were sent to patrol round a threatened convoy, and Flight Lieutenant Judell did invaluable work in directing the rescue of survivors from the sloop Wild Swan, which was well ahead of the convoy and had been attacked and bombed by thirty Ju-88's. The damage was so serious that she had to be abandoned. Unfortunately, Judell was shot down three days later, while on another air-sea rescue search for a missing Wellington. This was the first Sunderland lost by No. 10 Squadron in the air through enemy action in the twenty-nine months of its operation.
Extract from Herington, J. (John) (406545) Air War Against Germany and Italy 1939-1943, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 1954 – Page 285
The crew members of W3999 were:
Sergeant Phillip Mervyn Benison (11065) (First Fitter)
Flying Officer Cosmo Clive Chataway (405394) (ThirdPilot)
Aircraftman Class 1 Thomas Dorney (19034) (Second Fitter)
Flying Officer Bruce Napoleon Gilbert (401596) (Navigator)
Flying Officer Jacques Hazard (Free French Forces) (Second Pilot)
Flight Lieutenant Maurice Leopold Judell (466) (Pilot)
Sergeant John Valentine McLean (405419) (Second Radio Operator)
Sergeant James Edward Taylor (3846) (First Radio Operator)
Aircraftman Class 1 Francis William Tipping (4089) (Armourer)
Leading Aircraftman Robert George Willis (11931) (Rigger)
Sergeant William Lawrence Winterflood (405093) (Tail Gunner)
Born:---Mackay, Queensland, 3rd August 1920.
Next of Kin:--- James Chataway
Enlisted in RAAF:---- 29th March 1941, Brisbane, Queensland.
Final Rank:--- Flying Officer
Final Unit:--- No. 10 Squadron (RAAF), Mount Batten
Fate:--- Died in air operations in No. 10 Squadron Sunderland aircraft W3999, off United Kingdom Coast, on 21st June 1942, aged 21 years.
Burial: --- No known grave. "Known Unto God".
Parents:--- James Cosmo Mant Chataway and Frances Mary Williams, married 16th May 1916, Queensland.
Memorials:--- Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial
Roll of Honour: ---Mackay Queensland
Remembered:--- Panel 109, Runnymede Memorial, Surrey UK
Remembered:--- Panel 99, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra
Remembered:--- Rathmines Memorial Bowling Club, Rathmines NSW
Details of Last Mission:---Back in the Bay (of Biscay), Australian Sunderlands, not needed at Gibraltar, flew several anti-shipping sorties and it was noticed that enemy ships on the Bilbao-Bayonne iron-ore route were being escorted by destroyers, a welcome sign that air pressure was forcing the Germans to exert more and more effort in the defence of this trade. On 18th June two Sunderlands were sent to patrol round a threatened convoy, and Flight Lieutenant Judell did invaluable work in directing the rescue of survivors from the sloop Wild Swan, which was well ahead of the convoy and had been attacked and bombed by thirty Ju-88's. The damage was so serious that she had to be abandoned. Unfortunately, Judell was shot down three days later, while on another air-sea rescue search for a missing Wellington. This was the first Sunderland lost by No. 10 Squadron in the air through enemy action in the twenty-nine months of its operation.
Extract from Herington, J. (John) (406545) Air War Against Germany and Italy 1939-1943, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 1954 – Page 285
The crew members of W3999 were:
Sergeant Phillip Mervyn Benison (11065) (First Fitter)
Flying Officer Cosmo Clive Chataway (405394) (ThirdPilot)
Aircraftman Class 1 Thomas Dorney (19034) (Second Fitter)
Flying Officer Bruce Napoleon Gilbert (401596) (Navigator)
Flying Officer Jacques Hazard (Free French Forces) (Second Pilot)
Flight Lieutenant Maurice Leopold Judell (466) (Pilot)
Sergeant John Valentine McLean (405419) (Second Radio Operator)
Sergeant James Edward Taylor (3846) (First Radio Operator)
Aircraftman Class 1 Francis William Tipping (4089) (Armourer)
Leading Aircraftman Robert George Willis (11931) (Rigger)
Sergeant William Lawrence Winterflood (405093) (Tail Gunner)
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