Raymond Allenby WHITING

WHITING, Raymond Allenby

Service Number: 426733
Enlisted: 18 July 1942
Last Rank: Flying Officer
Last Unit: No. 24 Squadron (RAAF)
Born: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 11 December 1921
Home Town: Ascot, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Unknown
Occupation: Bank Clerk
Died: Aircraft crashed during an Operational Mission, Vansittart Bay, Western Australia, 23 March 1945, aged 23 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Adelaide River Northern Territory Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Flying Officer, 426733
18 Jul 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 24 Squadron (RAAF)
18 Jul 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 426733

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Francis Charles and Alice May Whiting of Ascot, Queensland

 

RAAF Liberator aircraft A72-80 of 24 Squadron crashed into Vansittart Bay, WA shortly after take-off from Truscott airstrip on an Operational mission - all on board were killed:

 

Bodies not recovered, commemorated on the Northern Territory Memorial -

Flying Officer John Wilson Hursthouse 416215

Flying Officer Raymond Allenby Whiting 426733

Warrant Officer William Richard Flanagan 401748

Warrant Officer Herbert Gordon Parker 408591

Flight Sergeant Howey James Boyd 427775

Flight Sergeant Ronald Malcolm Morris 46563

Flight Sergeant John Richmond Ryan 422716

Sergeant Alexander Douglas Whitehead 121592

Corporal Douglas William Madden 36484

 

Bodies recovered, buried at Adelaide River War Cemetery -

Squadron Leader Nathaniel Ivan Straus 250759 (Mentioned in Despatches)

Flight Lieutenant Charles David Parry-Okeden 404485

Flight Sergeant William Anthony Jordan Rodgers 436889

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