HART, Richard Craigton
| Service Number: | 260719 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 February 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots |
| Born: | Cowra, New South Wales, Australia, 31 October 1914 |
| Home Town: | Cowra, Cowra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Scots College Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Aircraft accident, Mt Macedon, Victoria, Australia, Mount Macedon, Victoria, Australia, 9 May 1943, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria 2.U.D.3, Springvale War Cemetery, Springvale, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cowra and District War Memorial WW2 |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 260719, Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots | |
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| 5 Feb 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 260719 | |
| 5 Feb 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 260719, Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Henry and Lilian Hart of Cowra, NSW
Husband of Kathleen Lucie Male Hart of Barmedman, NSW
RAAF Avro Anson aircraft DG826 from Number 1 Aircraft Depot Laverton crashed at Black Forest, between Macedon and Woodend in Victoria - three crew were killed:
Flight Lieutenant Richard Craighton Hart 260719 (member appears in the book "Those Other Eagles" by Christopher Shores)
Sergeant Vincent Ambrose McCarthy 8940
Flight Lieutenant Warren Robert Brodrick 256823 (RAAF medical officer)
There was one survivor: Flight Sergeant Norman Eric Mutton 406575 (discharged from the RAAF in 1946)
It is believed that the crew lost their bearings in heavy fog and tall trees were grazed by a wing tip before the crash. The navigator was saved by being thrown from the plane and was taken to Woodend Bush Nursing Hospital with severe injuries.
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