ADRIAN, William Wynward
| Service Number: | 769 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 March 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 1 Air Observers School Cootamundra |
| Born: | Mackay, Queensland, Australia, 8 June 1913 |
| Home Town: | Longreach, Longreach, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Accidental (Flying Accident), Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia, 20 June 1941, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cootamundra General Cemetery Presbyterian Plot. Sec. AA. Row C. Grave 7, Cootamundra General Cemetery, Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Innisfail Cenotaph, Longreach Memorial Pool & Aquatic Centre, Longreach War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 5 Mar 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 769, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 5 Mar 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer | |
| 20 Jun 1941: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 769, No. 1 Air Observers School Cootamundra, Empire Air Training Scheme |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Flying Officer William Wynyard Adrian 769 was the pilot of De Havilland DH89 Dragon Rapide aircraft A33-2 from Number 1 Air Observer School at Cootamundra during a navigation exercise when it crashed near the aerodrome.
It is thought that one engine cut out and that the pilot attempted to land the plane in a heavily timbered paddock a mile north-west of the aerodrome. The machine collided with a tree and Flying Officer Adrian was fatally injured.
Four RAAF airmen who were in the plane were injured: AC Reginald Harold Dick 32532 (Wireless operator), shock and abrasions / LAC Henry John Carter 405190 (Observer trainee), broken arm and shock / LAC Gordon Archibald Roberts (Observer trainee), shock and abrasions / LAC Horace Reginald Williams 404991 (Observer trainee), shock and abrasions
Biography
1 Air Observers School
Rank Flying Officer
Son of William George and Constance Mable Adrian, of Annerley, Queensland.
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