Royal Australian Air Force Pilot Officer 418850 Age 20
Posting on Death: 1 Operational Training Unit East Sale, he was one of 4 crew members killed when their aircraft crashed at Currie Aerodrome.
Their Beaufort A9-352 crashed 2 kms east of Currie Airfield while on approach to land.
The crew members of A9-352 who were all killed were:
Pilot Officer Neville William Allan Edwards (401747) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Pilot Officer John Alexander Kildea (418850) (Observer)
Pilot Officer Clarence Melville Leesue (417649) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Pilot Officer Harold Roy Snell (421408) (Pilot)
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Hawthorn Vic, also his name is located at panel 112 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of Joseph James Kildea and Dorothy Phillis Kildea, of Hawthorn, Victoria.
Posting on Death: 1 Operational Training Unit East Sale, he was one of 4 crew members killed when their aircraft crashed at Currie Aerodrome.
Their Beaufort A9-352 crashed 2 kms east of Currie Airfield while on approach to land.
The crew members of A9-352 who were all killed were:
Pilot Officer Neville William Allan Edwards (401747) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Pilot Officer John Alexander Kildea (418850) (Observer)
Pilot Officer Clarence Melville Leesue (417649) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Pilot Officer Harold Roy Snell (421408) (Pilot)
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Hawthorn Vic, also his name is located at panel 112 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of Joseph James Kildea and Dorothy Phillis Kildea, of Hawthorn, Victoria.
Royal Australian Air Force Pilot Officer 418850 Age 20
Posting on Death: 1 Operational Training Unit East Sale, he was one of 4 crew members killed when their aircraft crashed at Currie Aerodrome.
Their Beaufort A9-352 crashed 2 kms east of Currie Airfield while on approach to land.
The crew members of A9-352 who were all killed were:
Pilot Officer Neville William Allan Edwards (401747) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Pilot Officer John Alexander Kildea (418850) (Observer)
Pilot Officer Clarence Melville Leesue (417649) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Pilot Officer Harold Roy Snell (421408) (Pilot)
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Hawthorn Vic, also his name is located at panel 112 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of Joseph James Kildea and Dorothy Phillis Kildea, of Hawthorn, Victoria.
Posting on Death: 1 Operational Training Unit East Sale, he was one of 4 crew members killed when their aircraft crashed at Currie Aerodrome.
Their Beaufort A9-352 crashed 2 kms east of Currie Airfield while on approach to land.
The crew members of A9-352 who were all killed were:
Pilot Officer Neville William Allan Edwards (401747) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Pilot Officer John Alexander Kildea (418850) (Observer)
Pilot Officer Clarence Melville Leesue (417649) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Pilot Officer Harold Roy Snell (421408) (Pilot)
He is commemorated on the Roll of Honour in Hawthorn Vic, also his name is located at panel 112 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of Joseph James Kildea and Dorothy Phillis Kildea, of Hawthorn, Victoria.
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