MCCARTHY, Vincent Ambrose
| Service Number: | 8940 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 February 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots |
| Born: | Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 7 December 1909 |
| Home Town: | Ipswich, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Aircraft accident, Mt Macedon, Victoria, Australia, Mount Macedon, Victoria, Australia, 9 May 1943, aged 33 years |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria 2.U.D.5, Springvale War Cemetery, Springvale, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Booval War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, 8940, Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots | |
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| 12 Feb 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots | |
| 12 Feb 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 8940, Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Michael Joseph and Bridget McCarthy, of East Ipswich, Queensland.
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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