LEST WE FORGET
Pilot Officer Bruce Francis Patrick CORBETT-THOMPSON
Service No: 404560
Born: London, England, 26 June 1912
Enlisted in the RAAF: 11 October 1940 (at Brisbane QLD)
Unit: No. 1 Coastal Artillery Co-Operation Unit (RAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 1 Coastal Artillery Co-Operation Unit Blenheim aircraft T1951), Kent, 14 October 1941, Aged 29 Years
Buried: Hawkinge Cemetery, Kent
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Francis Stuart Corbett-Thompson and Eileen Claire Marie Corbett-Thompson; husband of Anna Ruth Edith Corbett-Thompson, of Teneriffe, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Brisbane QLD
Remembered: Panel 120, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 14 October 1941, Blenheim T1951 was detailed to carry out a simulated low dive bombing attack on troop concentrations in a defined area south east of Kent. The aircraft struck a tree while in a left turn, and it crashed out of control near Shepherdswell, Kent. All on board were killed.
The crew members of T1951 were:
Pilot Officer Bruce Francis Patrick Corbett-Thompson (404560) (Pilot)
Sergeant Frederick Whyatt Treeby (1250021) (RAFVR) (Observer)
Sergeant Norman Thomas Wosencroft (1073096) (RAFVR) (Wireless Air Gunner) Supernumerary
Sergeant Sidney Yates (987761) (RAFVR) (Wireless Air Gunner) Supernumerary
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, 163/58/47