LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Arthur Kevin CLAUSEN
Service No: 439868
Born: Goulburn NSW, 24 June 1925
Enlisted in the RAAF: 14 August 1943
Unit: No. 99 Squadron
Died: Injuries from an Aircraft Accident (loss of No. 99 Squadron Liberator aircraft A72-306 on 16 August 1945), Brisbane, 16 August 1945, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Ipswich General Cemetery QLD
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Horace Christian and Olga Blanche Clausen, of Chatswood, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Chatswood NSW
Remembered: Panel 104, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1540 hours on 16 August 1945, Liberator A72-306 crashed at Amberley aerodrome during take-off for a non-operational victory formation flight over Brisbane. The accident occurred when the nose wheel collapsed and four RAAF Members were fatally injured.
The crew members of A72-306 who were either injured or suffered shock were:
Flight Sergeant Allan Charles Annetts (444988) (Air Gunner) Discharged from the RAAF: 30 January 1946
Warrant Officer Eric Ferdinand Carlson (424965) (Second Pilot) Fatally injured: Died: 18 August 1945
Flight Sergeant Arthur Kevin Clausen (439868) (Navigator) Fatally injured: Died: 16 August 1945
Flight Sergeant Andrew Keith Carmichael Cockrane (436739) (Wireless Air Gunner) Discharged from the RAAF: 22 March 1946
Flight Sergeant Marcel Kingsley Doolan (439701) (Wireless Air Gunner) Discharged from the RAAF: 4 February 1946
Flight Sergeant Warwick Manning Lane (445024) (Air Gunner) Discharged from the RAAF: 25 January 1946
Squadron Leader William Lloyd Milne (616) (Pilot) Discharged from the RAAF: 13 august 1947
Leading Aircraftman Douglas Charles Mighell (157151) Discharged from the RAAF: 17 May 1946
Flight Sergeant Jack Grant Watson (6571) (Flight Engineer) Discharged from the RAAF: 13 February 1946
Leading Aircraftman Leslie Arthur White (156673) Discharged from the RAAF: 1 March 1946
The supernumerary crew members who were either injured or suffered shock were:
Aircraftwoman Ruth Beryl Burcher (109188) (No. 3 Aircraft Depot) Dangerously injured, Discharged from the RAAF: 2 September 1946
Aircraftman Class I Keith William Carlier (153605) (No 3 Central Recovery Depot) Discharged from the RAAF: 9 May 1946
Sergeant John Knyvett (22988) Discharged from the RAAF: 3 December 1945
Leading Aircraftman William Angus Ludbey (145592) (No 3 Central Recovery Depot) Discharged from the RAAF: 29 May 1946
Corporal Jacqueline Ruth Row (98112) (No. 3 Aircraft Depot) Fatally injured: Died: 16 August 1945
Corporal Edith Tansley Sharp (94089) (No. 3 Aircraft Depot ) Fatally injured: Died: 16 August 1945
Sergeant John Raymond Slennett (6464) Discharged from the RAAF: 17 October 1945
Leading Aircraftman James Albert Waterman (122122) (No 3 Central Recovery Depot) Discharged from the RAAF: 4 February 1946
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/7/1121
Bibliography:
Nelmes, M.V. (Michael) Tocumwal to Tarakan: Australians and the Consolidated B-24 Liberator, Banner Books Belconnen ACT 2616, 1994
Wilson, S. (Stewart) Boston, Mitchell and Liberator in Australian Service, Aerospace Publications Weston Creek ACT 2611, 1992