Flying Officer RAAF Sern 400039 (Pilot Instructor)
Posting on Death: 2 Operational Training Unit.
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Wirraway A20-69; Place - Mildura, Victoria; Date - 6 January 1942.
Crashed 17 Miles From Mildura When Flying in Cloud During an Instrument Training Flight
The crew of Wirraway A20-69 were:
CURTIS, Victor Farley - (Flying Officer) - 400039
SIMPKINS William – (Sergeant) – 420502.
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Melbourne, also his name is located at panel 112 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of Herbert Thomas Curtis and Maud Mary Curtis; husband of Joan Maude Curtis, of F.lwood.
Father Herbert Thomas Curtis (1881-1964)
Mother Maud Mary Farley (1882-1965)
Spouse Joan Maud Soden (Born 1918)
Posting on Death: 2 Operational Training Unit.
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Wirraway A20-69; Place - Mildura, Victoria; Date - 6 January 1942.
Crashed 17 Miles From Mildura When Flying in Cloud During an Instrument Training Flight
The crew of Wirraway A20-69 were:
CURTIS, Victor Farley - (Flying Officer) - 400039
SIMPKINS William – (Sergeant) – 420502.
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Melbourne, also his name is located at panel 112 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of Herbert Thomas Curtis and Maud Mary Curtis; husband of Joan Maude Curtis, of F.lwood.
Father Herbert Thomas Curtis (1881-1964)
Mother Maud Mary Farley (1882-1965)
Spouse Joan Maud Soden (Born 1918)
Flying Officer RAAF Sern 400039 (Pilot Instructor)
Posting on Death: 2 Operational Training Unit.
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Wirraway A20-69; Place - Mildura, Victoria; Date - 6 January 1942.
Crashed 17 Miles From Mildura When Flying in Cloud During an Instrument Training Flight
The crew of Wirraway A20-69 were:
CURTIS, Victor Farley - (Flying Officer) - 400039
SIMPKINS William – (Sergeant) – 420502.
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Melbourne, also his name is located at panel 112 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of Herbert Thomas Curtis and Maud Mary Curtis; husband of Joan Maude Curtis, of F.lwood.
Father Herbert Thomas Curtis (1881-1964)
Mother Maud Mary Farley (1882-1965)
Spouse Joan Maud Soden (Born 1918)
Posting on Death: 2 Operational Training Unit.
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Wirraway A20-69; Place - Mildura, Victoria; Date - 6 January 1942.
Crashed 17 Miles From Mildura When Flying in Cloud During an Instrument Training Flight
The crew of Wirraway A20-69 were:
CURTIS, Victor Farley - (Flying Officer) - 400039
SIMPKINS William – (Sergeant) – 420502.
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Melbourne, also his name is located at panel 112 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of Herbert Thomas Curtis and Maud Mary Curtis; husband of Joan Maude Curtis, of F.lwood.
Father Herbert Thomas Curtis (1881-1964)
Mother Maud Mary Farley (1882-1965)
Spouse Joan Maud Soden (Born 1918)
Inscription
400039 Flying Officer
V.F. Curtis
Royal Australian Air Force
6th January 1943 Age 24
Duty Well Done,
Called to Higher Service
Gravesite Details
C. of E. Plot. Sec. S. Grave 12.
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