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Service Royal Australian Air Force 1704
Description
Portrait of 1704 Pilot Officer (PO) Bailey Middlebrook 'Pete' Sawyer, 1 Air Navigation School, Parkes. Born Washington DC, USA, he was an oceanographer of South Yarra, Vic, prior to his enlistment. He was accidentally killed on 28 January 1941 at Lapstone, NSW.
Date of Birth 07 Jun 1906
Next of Kin SAWYER, NORMA
Date of Death 28 Jan 1941
Rank Pilot Officer
Posting on Death 1 Air Navigation School
Description
An Avro Anson aircraft, serial number A4-5, receiving attention from ground crew at an airfield in Australia. This aircraft crashed in the Blue Mountains at at Lapstone, NSW on 28 January 1941. It was flying 1704 Pilot Officer (PO) Bailey Middlebrook Sawyer from Parkes to Sydney for urgent medical treatment. The pilot was PO John Ignatius Newman, of 1 Air Navigation School (1ANS), Parkes; also on board were Squadron Leader James Manning 'Doc' Rainbow (Station Medical Officer, RAAF Station Parkes); 625 Flying Officer Henry Theodore 'Tam' Skillman, of 1ANS, navigator; and 5922 Aircraftman 1 Charles Richard Tyson, wireless operator. All were killed in the accident.
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in APSLEY VIC, also Bailey Middlebrook Sawyer's name is located at panel 116 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of Wells M. Sawyer and Kathleen Sawyer; husband of Norma Dorota Sawyer, of South Yarra, Victoria, New South Wales, Australia.
Service Royal Australian Air Force 1704
Description
Portrait of 1704 Pilot Officer (PO) Bailey Middlebrook 'Pete' Sawyer, 1 Air Navigation School, Parkes. Born Washington DC, USA, he was an oceanographer of South Yarra, Vic, prior to his enlistment. He was accidentally killed on 28 January 1941 at Lapstone, NSW.
Date of Birth 07 Jun 1906
Next of Kin SAWYER, NORMA
Date of Death 28 Jan 1941
Rank Pilot Officer
Posting on Death 1 Air Navigation School
Description
An Avro Anson aircraft, serial number A4-5, receiving attention from ground crew at an airfield in Australia. This aircraft crashed in the Blue Mountains at at Lapstone, NSW on 28 January 1941. It was flying 1704 Pilot Officer (PO) Bailey Middlebrook Sawyer from Parkes to Sydney for urgent medical treatment. The pilot was PO John Ignatius Newman, of 1 Air Navigation School (1ANS), Parkes; also on board were Squadron Leader James Manning 'Doc' Rainbow (Station Medical Officer, RAAF Station Parkes); 625 Flying Officer Henry Theodore 'Tam' Skillman, of 1ANS, navigator; and 5922 Aircraftman 1 Charles Richard Tyson, wireless operator. All were killed in the accident.
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in APSLEY VIC, also Bailey Middlebrook Sawyer's name is located at panel 116 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of Wells M. Sawyer and Kathleen Sawyer; husband of Norma Dorota Sawyer, of South Yarra, Victoria, New South Wales, Australia.
View Memorial site here
Service Royal Australian Air Force 1704
Description
Portrait of 1704 Pilot Officer (PO) Bailey Middlebrook 'Pete' Sawyer, 1 Air Navigation School, Parkes. Born Washington DC, USA, he was an oceanographer of South Yarra, Vic, prior to his enlistment. He was accidentally killed on 28 January 1941 at Lapstone, NSW.
Date of Birth 07 Jun 1906
Next of Kin SAWYER, NORMA
Date of Death 28 Jan 1941
Rank Pilot Officer
Posting on Death 1 Air Navigation School
Description
An Avro Anson aircraft, serial number A4-5, receiving attention from ground crew at an airfield in Australia. This aircraft crashed in the Blue Mountains at at Lapstone, NSW on 28 January 1941. It was flying 1704 Pilot Officer (PO) Bailey Middlebrook Sawyer from Parkes to Sydney for urgent medical treatment. The pilot was PO John Ignatius Newman, of 1 Air Navigation School (1ANS), Parkes; also on board were Squadron Leader James Manning 'Doc' Rainbow (Station Medical Officer, RAAF Station Parkes); 625 Flying Officer Henry Theodore 'Tam' Skillman, of 1ANS, navigator; and 5922 Aircraftman 1 Charles Richard Tyson, wireless operator. All were killed in the accident.
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in APSLEY VIC, also Bailey Middlebrook Sawyer's name is located at panel 116 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of Wells M. Sawyer and Kathleen Sawyer; husband of Norma Dorota Sawyer, of South Yarra, Victoria, New South Wales, Australia.
Service Royal Australian Air Force 1704
Description
Portrait of 1704 Pilot Officer (PO) Bailey Middlebrook 'Pete' Sawyer, 1 Air Navigation School, Parkes. Born Washington DC, USA, he was an oceanographer of South Yarra, Vic, prior to his enlistment. He was accidentally killed on 28 January 1941 at Lapstone, NSW.
Date of Birth 07 Jun 1906
Next of Kin SAWYER, NORMA
Date of Death 28 Jan 1941
Rank Pilot Officer
Posting on Death 1 Air Navigation School
Description
An Avro Anson aircraft, serial number A4-5, receiving attention from ground crew at an airfield in Australia. This aircraft crashed in the Blue Mountains at at Lapstone, NSW on 28 January 1941. It was flying 1704 Pilot Officer (PO) Bailey Middlebrook Sawyer from Parkes to Sydney for urgent medical treatment. The pilot was PO John Ignatius Newman, of 1 Air Navigation School (1ANS), Parkes; also on board were Squadron Leader James Manning 'Doc' Rainbow (Station Medical Officer, RAAF Station Parkes); 625 Flying Officer Henry Theodore 'Tam' Skillman, of 1ANS, navigator; and 5922 Aircraftman 1 Charles Richard Tyson, wireless operator. All were killed in the accident.
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in APSLEY VIC, also Bailey Middlebrook Sawyer's name is located at panel 116 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of Wells M. Sawyer and Kathleen Sawyer; husband of Norma Dorota Sawyer, of South Yarra, Victoria, New South Wales, Australia.
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