Brian Harwood PUDNEY

PUDNEY, Brian Harwood

Service Number: 416699
Enlisted: 16 August 1941
Last Rank: Flying Officer
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Unley, South Australia, 9 November 1914
Home Town: Unley, Unley, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Accidental (Flying Accident), Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, 31 March 1943, aged 28 years
Cemetery: Douglas Bank Cemetery, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Douglas Bank Cemetery, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Black Forest Parkside West Methodist Church and School Roll of Honor WW2, McLaren Vale Memorial Wall
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World War 2 Service

16 Aug 1941: Involvement Flying Officer, 416699
16 Aug 1941: Enlisted Adelaide, SA
16 Aug 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 416699
Date unknown: Involvement

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Royal Navy De Havilland DH86 aircraft AX844 of 782 Squadron (Communications Flight) crashed on take-off from RNAS Donibristle (HMS Merlin) in Fife, Scotland for a five minute familiarization flight, across the River Forth, to RAF Turnhouse

Royal Navy crew: Petty Officer Airman (Pilot) Parr FX 82259 / Leading Airman Murphy FX 91318

Newly arrived Airmen from Number 11 Personnel Depot & Reception Centre (formerly undergoing training in Canada)

HENDERSON, William Gordon (Pilot Officer) 413766 RAAF

PUDNEY, Brian Harwood (Flying Officer) 416699 RAAF

DE GARIS, Alfred Keith (Pilot Officer) 416835 RAAF

SHROFF, Owen Mortimer (Pilot Officer) 416645 RNZAF

SMITH, Maurice Victor (Pilot Officer) 422327 RNZAF

Pilot Officer Newman 436336 RNZAF survived

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