LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Kevin Joffre BINGHAM
Service No: 426027
Born: Charters Towers QLD, 9 June 1923
Enlisted in the RAAF: 23 May 1942
Unit: No. 104 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Air Operations: (No. 104 Squadron Wellington aircraft LN334), near Foggia airfield, 17 February 1944, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Bari War Cemetery, Italy
CWGC Additional Information: Son of John Henry James Bingham and Clara Ivy Bingham, of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Toowoomba QLD
Remembered: Panel 119, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 0450 hours on 17 February 1944 Wellington LN334 crashed two miles from Foggia Main aerodrome, Italy. The aircraft dived into the ground while approaching the aerodrome and all on board were killed.
The crew members of LN334 were:
Flight Sergeant Andrew Charles Anderson (414634) (Pilot)
Sergeant Eric Edward Betteridge (1602883) (RAFVR) (Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Kevin Joffre Bingham (426027) (Navigator)
Sergeant Hubert James Morgan (1317190) (RAFVR) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant Robert Samuel Scott (1481014) (RAFVR) (Air Bomber)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/5/438