~Transcript of Military Service, Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF, World War Two~~~~
Service No:--- 402429
Born:--- Dubbo New South Wales, 18th December 1915.
Enlisted in the RAAF:--- 19 August 1940 at Sydney, New South Wales.
Age on enlistment:--- 24 years and 8 months.
Civilian Employment:--- Farmer
Martial Status:--- Single
Religion:--- Presbyterian
Next of kin:--- Mother, Mrs E. Williams, C/- Mr W. Bailey Esq, 11 Yasma Ave, Haberfield.
Home address:--- C/- Mr C. Jack, 106 Waratah St, Haberfield, New South Wales.
Final Unit:--- No. 108 Squadron (RAF), Night Bomber squadron, Middle East; RAF Fayid, Egypt.(MOTTO: Viribus contractis ["With gathered strength"])
Fate:--- Died in aircraft accident, during air operations in No. 108 Squadron Liberator aircraft AL577, Eire, on 16th March 1942, at the aged of 26 years.
Burial:--- Belfast City Cemetery, Northern Ireland.
Parents:--- Henry Stanley Williams and Elsie Ethel Mary Clode, married in Dubbo, 1913.
Roll of Honour:--- Five Dock, New South Wales
Remembered:--- Panel 132, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra
Details of accident:---Liberator AL577 took off from Gibraltar for the United Kingdom on 15th March 1942. It was intended to land at RAF Station Hurn, but the aircraft was west of its course and at about 07.30 hours on 16th March 1942 it crashed into high ground at Jenkinstown, near Dundalk, Eire. All the crew of 6 members and 9 passengers were killed with 4 passengers being seriously injured. (108 Squadron's Consolidated B-24 Liberator II (#AL577) aircraft, transporting 19 airmen, including the aircrew, on a flight from its base at RAF Fayid to RAF Hurn in Dorset flew into bad weather conditions causing it to fly off course. Tragically, AL577 crashed into high ground near Jenkinstown, Dundalk, Ireland, taking the lives of fourteen airmen and seriously injuring one airman who died three days later of the injuries he'd sustained.)
The airmen who perished as a result of this accident were-
RAFVR Flight Lieutenant Francis Charles BARRETT DFC,
RAFVR Sergeant Walter Paul BROOKS,
RAF Sergeant Andrew McMillan Smith BROWNLIE,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant George BUCHANAN,
RAFVR Sergeant Henry James GIBBONS,
RCAF Flight Sergeant Carlton Stokes GOODENOUGH,
RAFVR Sergeant Charles Joseph INGRAM,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant Leslie George JORDAN,
RCAF Pilot Officer George Frederick KING,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant Paul Herrick MOREY,
RAAF Flight Sergeant Herbert William Thornley SLOMAN,
RAFVR Pilot Officer Wilfred Bertrand STEPHENS,
RAFVR Pilot Officer John Peile TOLSON,
RAF Wing Commander Richard John WELLS DFC and
RAAF Flight Sergeant Lindsay Ross WILLIAMS.
Service No:--- 402429
Born:--- Dubbo New South Wales, 18th December 1915.
Enlisted in the RAAF:--- 19 August 1940 at Sydney, New South Wales.
Age on enlistment:--- 24 years and 8 months.
Civilian Employment:--- Farmer
Martial Status:--- Single
Religion:--- Presbyterian
Next of kin:--- Mother, Mrs E. Williams, C/- Mr W. Bailey Esq, 11 Yasma Ave, Haberfield.
Home address:--- C/- Mr C. Jack, 106 Waratah St, Haberfield, New South Wales.
Final Unit:--- No. 108 Squadron (RAF), Night Bomber squadron, Middle East; RAF Fayid, Egypt.(MOTTO: Viribus contractis ["With gathered strength"])
Fate:--- Died in aircraft accident, during air operations in No. 108 Squadron Liberator aircraft AL577, Eire, on 16th March 1942, at the aged of 26 years.
Burial:--- Belfast City Cemetery, Northern Ireland.
Parents:--- Henry Stanley Williams and Elsie Ethel Mary Clode, married in Dubbo, 1913.
Roll of Honour:--- Five Dock, New South Wales
Remembered:--- Panel 132, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra
Details of accident:---Liberator AL577 took off from Gibraltar for the United Kingdom on 15th March 1942. It was intended to land at RAF Station Hurn, but the aircraft was west of its course and at about 07.30 hours on 16th March 1942 it crashed into high ground at Jenkinstown, near Dundalk, Eire. All the crew of 6 members and 9 passengers were killed with 4 passengers being seriously injured. (108 Squadron's Consolidated B-24 Liberator II (#AL577) aircraft, transporting 19 airmen, including the aircrew, on a flight from its base at RAF Fayid to RAF Hurn in Dorset flew into bad weather conditions causing it to fly off course. Tragically, AL577 crashed into high ground near Jenkinstown, Dundalk, Ireland, taking the lives of fourteen airmen and seriously injuring one airman who died three days later of the injuries he'd sustained.)
The airmen who perished as a result of this accident were-
RAFVR Flight Lieutenant Francis Charles BARRETT DFC,
RAFVR Sergeant Walter Paul BROOKS,
RAF Sergeant Andrew McMillan Smith BROWNLIE,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant George BUCHANAN,
RAFVR Sergeant Henry James GIBBONS,
RCAF Flight Sergeant Carlton Stokes GOODENOUGH,
RAFVR Sergeant Charles Joseph INGRAM,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant Leslie George JORDAN,
RCAF Pilot Officer George Frederick KING,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant Paul Herrick MOREY,
RAAF Flight Sergeant Herbert William Thornley SLOMAN,
RAFVR Pilot Officer Wilfred Bertrand STEPHENS,
RAFVR Pilot Officer John Peile TOLSON,
RAF Wing Commander Richard John WELLS DFC and
RAAF Flight Sergeant Lindsay Ross WILLIAMS.
~Transcript of Military Service, Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF, World War Two~~~~
Service No:--- 402429
Born:--- Dubbo New South Wales, 18th December 1915.
Enlisted in the RAAF:--- 19 August 1940 at Sydney, New South Wales.
Age on enlistment:--- 24 years and 8 months.
Civilian Employment:--- Farmer
Martial Status:--- Single
Religion:--- Presbyterian
Next of kin:--- Mother, Mrs E. Williams, C/- Mr W. Bailey Esq, 11 Yasma Ave, Haberfield.
Home address:--- C/- Mr C. Jack, 106 Waratah St, Haberfield, New South Wales.
Final Unit:--- No. 108 Squadron (RAF), Night Bomber squadron, Middle East; RAF Fayid, Egypt.(MOTTO: Viribus contractis ["With gathered strength"])
Fate:--- Died in aircraft accident, during air operations in No. 108 Squadron Liberator aircraft AL577, Eire, on 16th March 1942, at the aged of 26 years.
Burial:--- Belfast City Cemetery, Northern Ireland.
Parents:--- Henry Stanley Williams and Elsie Ethel Mary Clode, married in Dubbo, 1913.
Roll of Honour:--- Five Dock, New South Wales
Remembered:--- Panel 132, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra
Details of accident:---Liberator AL577 took off from Gibraltar for the United Kingdom on 15th March 1942. It was intended to land at RAF Station Hurn, but the aircraft was west of its course and at about 07.30 hours on 16th March 1942 it crashed into high ground at Jenkinstown, near Dundalk, Eire. All the crew of 6 members and 9 passengers were killed with 4 passengers being seriously injured. (108 Squadron's Consolidated B-24 Liberator II (#AL577) aircraft, transporting 19 airmen, including the aircrew, on a flight from its base at RAF Fayid to RAF Hurn in Dorset flew into bad weather conditions causing it to fly off course. Tragically, AL577 crashed into high ground near Jenkinstown, Dundalk, Ireland, taking the lives of fourteen airmen and seriously injuring one airman who died three days later of the injuries he'd sustained.)
The airmen who perished as a result of this accident were-
RAFVR Flight Lieutenant Francis Charles BARRETT DFC,
RAFVR Sergeant Walter Paul BROOKS,
RAF Sergeant Andrew McMillan Smith BROWNLIE,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant George BUCHANAN,
RAFVR Sergeant Henry James GIBBONS,
RCAF Flight Sergeant Carlton Stokes GOODENOUGH,
RAFVR Sergeant Charles Joseph INGRAM,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant Leslie George JORDAN,
RCAF Pilot Officer George Frederick KING,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant Paul Herrick MOREY,
RAAF Flight Sergeant Herbert William Thornley SLOMAN,
RAFVR Pilot Officer Wilfred Bertrand STEPHENS,
RAFVR Pilot Officer John Peile TOLSON,
RAF Wing Commander Richard John WELLS DFC and
RAAF Flight Sergeant Lindsay Ross WILLIAMS.
Service No:--- 402429
Born:--- Dubbo New South Wales, 18th December 1915.
Enlisted in the RAAF:--- 19 August 1940 at Sydney, New South Wales.
Age on enlistment:--- 24 years and 8 months.
Civilian Employment:--- Farmer
Martial Status:--- Single
Religion:--- Presbyterian
Next of kin:--- Mother, Mrs E. Williams, C/- Mr W. Bailey Esq, 11 Yasma Ave, Haberfield.
Home address:--- C/- Mr C. Jack, 106 Waratah St, Haberfield, New South Wales.
Final Unit:--- No. 108 Squadron (RAF), Night Bomber squadron, Middle East; RAF Fayid, Egypt.(MOTTO: Viribus contractis ["With gathered strength"])
Fate:--- Died in aircraft accident, during air operations in No. 108 Squadron Liberator aircraft AL577, Eire, on 16th March 1942, at the aged of 26 years.
Burial:--- Belfast City Cemetery, Northern Ireland.
Parents:--- Henry Stanley Williams and Elsie Ethel Mary Clode, married in Dubbo, 1913.
Roll of Honour:--- Five Dock, New South Wales
Remembered:--- Panel 132, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra
Details of accident:---Liberator AL577 took off from Gibraltar for the United Kingdom on 15th March 1942. It was intended to land at RAF Station Hurn, but the aircraft was west of its course and at about 07.30 hours on 16th March 1942 it crashed into high ground at Jenkinstown, near Dundalk, Eire. All the crew of 6 members and 9 passengers were killed with 4 passengers being seriously injured. (108 Squadron's Consolidated B-24 Liberator II (#AL577) aircraft, transporting 19 airmen, including the aircrew, on a flight from its base at RAF Fayid to RAF Hurn in Dorset flew into bad weather conditions causing it to fly off course. Tragically, AL577 crashed into high ground near Jenkinstown, Dundalk, Ireland, taking the lives of fourteen airmen and seriously injuring one airman who died three days later of the injuries he'd sustained.)
The airmen who perished as a result of this accident were-
RAFVR Flight Lieutenant Francis Charles BARRETT DFC,
RAFVR Sergeant Walter Paul BROOKS,
RAF Sergeant Andrew McMillan Smith BROWNLIE,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant George BUCHANAN,
RAFVR Sergeant Henry James GIBBONS,
RCAF Flight Sergeant Carlton Stokes GOODENOUGH,
RAFVR Sergeant Charles Joseph INGRAM,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant Leslie George JORDAN,
RCAF Pilot Officer George Frederick KING,
RAFVR Flight Sergeant Paul Herrick MOREY,
RAAF Flight Sergeant Herbert William Thornley SLOMAN,
RAFVR Pilot Officer Wilfred Bertrand STEPHENS,
RAFVR Pilot Officer John Peile TOLSON,
RAF Wing Commander Richard John WELLS DFC and
RAAF Flight Sergeant Lindsay Ross WILLIAMS.
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