Of the 74 deaths of RAAF 18 year olds that occurred during ww2, 68 were, except for a few, due to "Accidental" causes in Australia. Aircraft accidents etc. Two were killed in New Guinea - One of whom was killed 11/9/1945 after the Japanese surrender. One is listed on the Alamein Memorial. Another was a Flight Sergeant buried at Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery in Yorkshire. Sgt FREDERICK AGNEW VANCE M. DRUMMOND is buried at the Dyce Old Churchyard in Aberdeenshire. Sgt Drummond was killed when Spitfire R6619 of 111 Sq, based at RAF Dyce, crashed near Aberdeen, after colliding with Spitfire X4931 of the same squadron. Pilot Officer Arthur Francis Emery (DFC) (Navigator) 460sq was shot down over Germany on his 33rd mission which is tragic. Lancaster PB567 was shot down, he managed to escape but was shot near the border. DRUMMOND, FREDERICK AGNEW VANCE M. Sergeant 402000 111sq 8/05/1941 18 RAAF Australian Grave 11. DYCE OLD CHURCHYARD UK Aberdeenshire EMERY, ARTHUR FRANCIS (DFC) Pilot Officer 424263 460sq 31/10/1944 18 RAAF Australian 2. K. 15. RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY Germany Kamp Lintfort, Nordrhein-Westfal HASLAM, ALBERT JOHN Aircraftman 1st Class 159583 RAAF Northern Command Port Moresby 11/09/1945 18 RAAF Australian Panel 10. PORT MORESBY MEMORIAL Papua New Guinea Port Moresby JORDAN, AIDAN Flight Sergeant 429663 77sq 8/06/1944 18 RAAF Australian Sec. B. Row E. Grave 16. HARROGATE (STONEFALL) CEMETERY UK Yorkshire ROSE, LEONARD GEORGE Aircraftman 1st Class 52228 75sq 8/09/1942 18 RAAF Australian A2. C. 13. PORT MORESBY (BOMANA) WAR CEMETERY Papua New Guinea Port Moresby SMITHSON, PETER GRAEME Aircraftman 2nd Class 573107 33sq RAF 31/05/1941 18 RAF Australian Column 246. ALAMEIN MEMORIAL Egypt Alamein
Of the 74 deaths of RAAF 18 year olds that occurred during ww2, 68 were, except for a few, due to "Accidental" causes in Australia. Aircraft accidents etc. Pilot Officer Arthur Francis Emery (DFC) (Navigator) 460sq was shot down over Germany on his 33rd mission which is tragic. Lancaster PB567 was shot down, he managed to escape but was shot near the border. EMERY, ARTHUR FRANCIS (DFC) Pilot Officer 424263 460sq 31/10/1944 18 RAAF Australian 2. K. 15. RHEINBERG WAR CEMETERY Germany Kamp Lintfort, Nordrhein-Westfal Thinking more about this young lad, how long would it usually have taken to do 33 missions. Cheers Geoff
Hello Geoff just looked through this The Last Mission of RAF Lancaster KB-834 Feb 13-14, 1945 Feb 14-15, 1945 Feb 20-21, 1945 Feb 21-22, 1945 Feb 23-24, 1945 Feb 27-28, 1945 Feb 28, 1945 March 1, 1945 March 5-6, 1945 March 8, 1945 March 11, 1945 excerpt showing 11 missions in about a month also Loss of Lancaster PB567, of 460 Squadron RAAF Arthur Francis Emery, DFC - 460 Squadron the average age of the crew was 20 years old im sure you will get more accurate info from another member
Geoff You may already have this info regarding F/Sgt Aidan Jordan; 8 Jan 1944 77 Sqn Halifax III MZ701 KN-Training P/0 G L Hyde RAAF + Sgt H Fox + Sgt E F Chapman + Sgt D J Hutchison + F/S K F Galvin RAAF + F/S A Jordan RAAF + F/S J D Krone RAAF + T/o 0207 Full Sutton and crashed almost immediately, due to engine failure and loss of control. Apart from Sgt Fox who is buried in Huddersfield (Lockwood) Cemetery/ all rest in Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery. Their average age was 21 and at 18, F/S Jordan RAAF is ranked amongst the youngest Australians to be killed on Bomber Command duties. It is also noted that Sgt Hutchinson's parents lived in Sydney, Australia. BCL Losses Vol 5 W R Chorley There is a Sqn photo on this site a month or so before his death, unfortunatley I can not see his name listed. 77 Squadron Association Regards, Nick
Geoff You may already have this info regarding F/Sgt Aidan Jordan; 8 Jan 1944 77 Sqn Halifax III MZ701 KN-Training P/0 G L Hyde RAAF + Sgt H Fox + Sgt E F Chapman + Sgt D J Hutchison + F/S K F Galvin RAAF + F/S A Jordan RAAF + F/S J D Krone RAAF + T/o 0207 Full Sutton and crashed almost immediately, due to engine failure and loss of control. Apart from Sgt Fox who is buried in Huddersfield (Lockwood) Cemetery/ all rest in Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery. Their average age was 21 and at 18, F/S Jordan RAAF is ranked amongst the youngest Australians to be killed on Bomber Command duties. It is also noted that Sgt Hutchinson's parents lived in Sydney, Australia. BCL Losses Vol 5 W R Chorley There is a Sqn photo on this site a month or so before his death, unfortunatley I can not see his name listed. 77 Squadron Association Regards, Nick Hi Nick, Thank you for the info. Was that a Typo on your post (8th Jan 1944) or an error in Chorley as it should be 8th June 1944. Hutchinson is actually an Australian who was in the RAF (243 died in the RAF and are listed as UK). Went to look up his headstone as I was sent all of Harrogate however it is not amongst them. The chap that did them must have taken all the RAAF photos and not looked at the list. My fault as I have not named them all yet. Will have to do them now! I thought the headstone may have had "of Australia" on it as mos do. I will contact him and ask if he could get it for me next time he is in the area. I do have another "Aussie" in the RAF at Harrogate and I do not have him either so it seems that this is the case. This chap was most unlucky! PARKER, VINCENT Flight Lieutenant Parker was a Battle of Britain pilot (234 Squadron) who was shot down on August 15th 1940 and taken prisoner. He ended up in Colditz He stayed in the RAF after liberation and was killed in a flying accident whilst based at RAF Milfield (56 OTU) in Tempest EJ859 on 29th January 1946 He was the Foster-son and nephew of John William and Edith Parker, of Ingham, Queensland, Australia. Cheers Geoff
Hello Geoff just looked through this The Last Mission of RAF Lancaster KB-834 Feb 13-14, 1945 Feb 14-15, 1945 Feb 20-21, 1945 Feb 21-22, 1945 Feb 23-24, 1945 Feb 27-28, 1945 Feb 28, 1945 March 1, 1945 March 5-6, 1945 March 8, 1945 March 11, 1945 excerpt showing 11 missions in about a month also Loss of Lancaster PB567, of 460 Squadron RAAF Arthur Francis Emery, DFC - 460 Squadron the average age of the crew was 20 years old im sure you will get more accurate info from another member Thanks for the info. Gives me an idea of how close the missions were.
PARKER, VINCENT Flight Lieutenant Parker was a Battle of Britain pilot (234 Squadron) who was shot down on August 15th 1940 and taken prisoner. He ended up in Colditz He stayed in the RAF after liberation and was killed in a flying accident whilst based at RAF Milfield (56 OTU) in Tempest EJ859 on 29th January 1946 He was the Foster-son and nephew of John William and Edith Parker, of Ingham, Queensland, Australia. A little more on the loss of F/L. Parker. The aircraft was flying at about 5000 to 6000 feet and was seen to enter a slow roll. When inverted, the nose dropped and the aircraft descended in a slow spin or spiral dive without any recovery action being evident. At about 100 feet the aircraft appeared to recover partially but then stalled and crashed at Felkington, Northumberland.
Was that a Typo on your post (8th Jan 1944) or an error in Chorley as it should be 8th June 1944. Geoff It was an error that my OCR software made that I hadn't noticed, the date in Chorley is 8th June 1944. Nick
I am straying with this thread however a little more info on Parker. http://www.townsville.qld.gov.au/resources/3187.pdf He was also a magician and was the one who picked the locks. RAF POW Photos | Colditz Castle Trips and History Quite a good site on Colditz info. And another which shows that he was born in the North East of England and emigrated with his parents to Australia. (Great Photos) | CommuniGate | Vincent "Bush" Parker
