Gerald Norman SAYCE

SAYCE, Gerald Norman

Service Number: 410263
Enlisted: 5 December 1941
Last Rank: Flight Sergeant
Last Unit: No. 2 Operational Training Unit Mildura
Born: Mont Albert, Victoria, Australia, 18 December 1922
Home Town: Hawthorn, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Aircraft accident, Mildura, Victoria, Australia, 4 January 1944, aged 21 years
Cemetery: Mildura (Nichols Point) Public Cemetery, Victoria
War Graves Plot C. Row B. Grave 4
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kuline Upper Flt Sgt Gerald SAYCE Memorial Plaque, Maryborough No. 3 Wireless Air Gunners' School Memorial Wall, Maryborough Staff Pilots No. 3 Wireless Air Gunners' School RAAF Honour Board
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Flight Sergeant, 410263
5 Dec 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 2 Operational Training Unit Mildura
5 Dec 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 410263

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Marcus William and Elsie Maud Sayce of Hawthorn, Victoria

Pilot of Kittyhawk aircraft A29-90 of Number 2 Operational Training Unit which crashed near Lake Victoria, NSW (info from Baugher) 41-25123 (MSN 19142, ET447) to RAAF as A29-90.   Crashed near Lake Victoria while on strafing sortie.