Mount Gambier RAAF Crash Site 1*

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Location	Vicinity Mount Gambier Airport, Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia
Type	RAAF Acc
Description	RAAF WW2 Crash Site. On Saturday 12th July 1941 at 0850 hours, two Avro Ansons from 2 Air Observer School, Mount Gambier, W1966 and W2020, collided in mid-air. Crew: W1966 31825 PEACOCK George Kenneth Flt Lt Pilot From Hereford England UK 408203 ANDREW Lance Lorimer LAC Student Observer From Kadina SA 416276 MILFORD Ernest Osman LAC Student Observer From Moonta SA REPORTS: Official: Summary: While performing a normal flying programme Ansons W1966 and W2020 collided in mid-air, the pilot of W2020 did not see Anson W1966 after emerging from a rainsquall. Port engine of W2020 collided with the tail plane of W1966, causing it to crash and killing all occupants. W2020 landed successfully. Eyewitness: None reported BURIALS/CREMATIONS: CEMETERY PLOT ROW GRAVE ANDREW M.G. Port Adelaide Cemetery SA Sect. B 8 212N MILFORD E.O. Moonta Cemetery SA South 2 West 31 PEACOCK G.K. Mount Gambier General Cemetery SA Sect. K 187 Read more...
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Inscription	Moonta Cemetery: Headstone: In Loving Memory OF ERNEST OSMAN MILFORD. R.A.A.F. WHO DIED IN AN AIRCRASH AT MT GAMBIER, JULY 12TH 1941. AGED 25 YEARS. HE DIED THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE. C.W.G.C. plaque: 416276 L.A.C. E.O. MILFORD R.A.A.F. 12TH JULY 1941 AGE 25 Mount Gambier Cemetery: ROYAL AIR FORCE RAF insignia FLT. LT. G.K. PEACOCK. KILLED IN AIR ACCIDENT MOUNT GAMBIER 12TH JULY 1941. Port Adelaide Cemetery: Headstone: IN MEMORY OF Masonic insignia L.A.C. LANCE LORIMER ANDREW. R.A.A.F. WHO WAS KILLED IN AN AIR ACCIDENT AT MOUNT GAMBIER 12TH JULY 1941. AGED 26 YRS. C.W.G.C. plaque: RAAF insignia 408203 L.A.C. L.L. ANDREW R.A.A.F. 12.7.41 AGE 26 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT/DATE:
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