VAUGHAN, Mervyn Thomas
| Service Number: | 30201 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 May 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 2 Operational Training Unit Mildura |
| Born: | Waratah, Tasmania, Australia, 24 December 1918 |
| Home Town: | Rosebery, West Coast, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Mill Operator Silver Mine |
| Died: | Aircraft accident, Mildura, Victoria, Australia, 14 February 1945, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Mildura (Nichols Point) Public Cemetery, Victoria War Graves Plot C. Row D. Grave 1 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Warrant Officer, 30201 | |
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| 6 May 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 2 Operational Training Unit Mildura | |
| 6 May 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 30201 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Harold and Leila Vaughan of East Devonport, Tasmania
Husband of Elizabeth Vaughan of East Melbourne, Victoria
Pilot of Kittyhawk aircraft A29-199 of Number 2 Operational Training Unit which crashed north of Mildura Tower, Victoria
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
The aircraft was returning after completion of Air to Ground Gunnery practice, when Pilot reported by radio that he was having engine trouble and was about to carry out a wheels-up forced landing. Apparently, the pilot overshot and forced the aircraft onto the ground at high speed 2 miles north of Mildura Tower. The aircraft was extensively damaged and the Piolt killed. The cause of the engine failure has not been determined but it is thought that, had the pilot employed better judgment and landed with flaps down, he may have avoided personal injury and extensive damage to the aircraft.
W/O Vaughan was buried in the Mildura War Cemetery, Grave NO. C D 1 on the 15th February, by Squadron Leader Correll, of the Chruch of England.
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