LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Keith Edward BUETTEL
Service No: 404872
Born: Maryborough QLD, 12 August 1919
Enlisted in the RAAF: 6 December 1940
Unit: No. 118 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 118 Squadron Spitfire aircraft AA740), Wiltshire, 11 February 1942, Aged 22 Years
Buried: Ringwood Cemetery, Hampshire
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William and Elsie Maud Buettel, of Gladstone, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Brisbane QLD
Remembered: Panel 119, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Spitfire AA740 flown by Sergeant Buettel and Spitfire W3832 flown by Sergeant Thomas Seth Mathers (1112782) (RAFVR) collided in the air at 1345 hours on 11 February 1942 and crashed at Farley, near Salisbury, Wiltshire. Both Pilots from No. 118 Squadron were killed.
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, 163/9/163