St Vincent Gulf Avro Anson W2556 Accident Site, St Vincent Gulf, South Australia, Australia

St Vincent Gulf Avro Anson W2556 Accident Site

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Location	St Vincent Gulf, South Australia, Australia
Type	raaf_accident_site
Description	On Wednesday 14th July 1943, an Avro Anson from 6 Service Flying Training School, Mallala, W2556; disappeared whilst on a test flight. Crew: W2556 406662 PETTIT John Frederick F/O Flying Instructor From Kalamunda WA 27786 HORRIGAN James Denis CPL Air Observer From Devon Park SA 45971 MATHESON John Vincent Colin AC1 From Unley SA 59315 TUCKER Donald Beresford LAC From Glen Iris VIC 116182 WHENAN Denis AC1 From Mile End SA REPORTS: Official: Summary: Anson W2556 under the command of F/O Pettit; disappeared off the Yorke Peninsula Coast after crossing over the vicinity of Port Parham whilst on an after service test flight. No bodies or wreckage were recovered, unable to determine the time, locality or the cause of the incident. Eyewitness: Nil BURIALS/CREMATIONS CEMETERY PLOT HORRIGAN J.D. Sydney Memorial Panel 7 MATHESON J.V.C. Sydney Memorial Panel 7 PETTIT J.F. Sydney Memorial Panel 5 TUCKER D.B. Sydney Memorial Panel 7 WHENAN D. Sydney Memorial Panel 7 Read more...
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Inscription	SYDNEY MEMORIAL Panels to the crew of W2556 are located at Sydney War Cemetery in the grounds of the Rookwood Necropolis. The panels are to recognise (amongst others) those who perished and their remains not recovered. The inscription on a continuous frieze on the memorial states: 1939-HERE ARE RECORDED THE NAMES OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO DIED IN THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN REGIONS OF AUSTRALIA, ON LAND, AT SEA, AND IN THE AIR, BUT TO WHOM THE FORTUNE OF WAR DENIED THE KNOWN AND HONOURED BURIAL GIVEN TO THEIR COMRADES IN DEATH-1945
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