WW2 Service Royal Australian Air Force Rank Flight Sergeant 407122
Posting on Death: 32 Squadron
He died along with 4 other crew when their Hudson A16-152 crashed and burned 25 kms south west of Camden while on a cross country training flight.
The aircraft took off from Camden at approximately 1315 on 26/1/43 to carry out a crew training cross country flight Camden-Wagga-Forbes-Lithgow-Camden.
At 1337L hours the Aerodrome Control Officer Camden received a report from The Public Works Department at The Oaks stating that an aircraft appeared to crash nearby.This aircraft proved to be Hudson A16-152 which had crashed shortly after take off on a wooded slope at Victoria Park Picton
There were no survivors.
The crew members of A16-152 were:
Flight Sergeant Henry Bennett Langman Johns (407122) (Observer)
Sergeant Gordon Thomas Lawson (412545) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Bertie Clifford James Pearson (402978) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Stuart Kennedy Scott (402996) (Pilot)
Flight Sergeant George Douglas Voyzey (402930) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Remembrance
Henry is mentioned on the Community Roll of Honour in Adelaide, also his name is located at panel 103 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial Son of Thomas Edwin (1876~1924) and
Ada Kate (McConvill) Johns (1883~23.10.1952) of Magill South Aust
Posting on Death: 32 Squadron
He died along with 4 other crew when their Hudson A16-152 crashed and burned 25 kms south west of Camden while on a cross country training flight.
The aircraft took off from Camden at approximately 1315 on 26/1/43 to carry out a crew training cross country flight Camden-Wagga-Forbes-Lithgow-Camden.
At 1337L hours the Aerodrome Control Officer Camden received a report from The Public Works Department at The Oaks stating that an aircraft appeared to crash nearby.This aircraft proved to be Hudson A16-152 which had crashed shortly after take off on a wooded slope at Victoria Park Picton
There were no survivors.
The crew members of A16-152 were:
Flight Sergeant Henry Bennett Langman Johns (407122) (Observer)
Sergeant Gordon Thomas Lawson (412545) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Bertie Clifford James Pearson (402978) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Stuart Kennedy Scott (402996) (Pilot)
Flight Sergeant George Douglas Voyzey (402930) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Remembrance
Henry is mentioned on the Community Roll of Honour in Adelaide, also his name is located at panel 103 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial Son of Thomas Edwin (1876~1924) and
Ada Kate (McConvill) Johns (1883~23.10.1952) of Magill South Aust
WW2 Service Royal Australian Air Force Rank Flight Sergeant 407122
Posting on Death: 32 Squadron
He died along with 4 other crew when their Hudson A16-152 crashed and burned 25 kms south west of Camden while on a cross country training flight.
The aircraft took off from Camden at approximately 1315 on 26/1/43 to carry out a crew training cross country flight Camden-Wagga-Forbes-Lithgow-Camden.
At 1337L hours the Aerodrome Control Officer Camden received a report from The Public Works Department at The Oaks stating that an aircraft appeared to crash nearby.This aircraft proved to be Hudson A16-152 which had crashed shortly after take off on a wooded slope at Victoria Park Picton
There were no survivors.
The crew members of A16-152 were:
Flight Sergeant Henry Bennett Langman Johns (407122) (Observer)
Sergeant Gordon Thomas Lawson (412545) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Bertie Clifford James Pearson (402978) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Stuart Kennedy Scott (402996) (Pilot)
Flight Sergeant George Douglas Voyzey (402930) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Remembrance
Henry is mentioned on the Community Roll of Honour in Adelaide, also his name is located at panel 103 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial Son of Thomas Edwin (1876~1924) and
Ada Kate (McConvill) Johns (1883~23.10.1952) of Magill South Aust
Posting on Death: 32 Squadron
He died along with 4 other crew when their Hudson A16-152 crashed and burned 25 kms south west of Camden while on a cross country training flight.
The aircraft took off from Camden at approximately 1315 on 26/1/43 to carry out a crew training cross country flight Camden-Wagga-Forbes-Lithgow-Camden.
At 1337L hours the Aerodrome Control Officer Camden received a report from The Public Works Department at The Oaks stating that an aircraft appeared to crash nearby.This aircraft proved to be Hudson A16-152 which had crashed shortly after take off on a wooded slope at Victoria Park Picton
There were no survivors.
The crew members of A16-152 were:
Flight Sergeant Henry Bennett Langman Johns (407122) (Observer)
Sergeant Gordon Thomas Lawson (412545) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Bertie Clifford James Pearson (402978) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Stuart Kennedy Scott (402996) (Pilot)
Flight Sergeant George Douglas Voyzey (402930) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Remembrance
Henry is mentioned on the Community Roll of Honour in Adelaide, also his name is located at panel 103 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial Son of Thomas Edwin (1876~1924) and
Ada Kate (McConvill) Johns (1883~23.10.1952) of Magill South Aust
Inscription
Only Beloved Son of Ada Kate and the
late Thomas Edwin of Adelaide
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
