LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Ian Charles CORMACK
Service No: 424852
Born: Drummoyne NSW, 3 June 1924
Enlisted in the RAAF: 9 October 1942
Unit: No. 6 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit (RAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 6 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit Oxford aircraft LW825), Gloucestershire, 25 April 1944, Aged 19 Years
Buried: Oxford (Botley) Cemetery, Oxfordshire
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Charles De Lacy Cormack and Henrietta Cormack, of Mosman, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Mosman NSW
Remembered: Panel 120, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 0315 hours on the 25 April 1944, Oxford LW825 crashed near Windrush satellite airfield while practicing non-operational night circuits and landings. The aircraft was making a low approach when it struck trees and dived into the ground. Flight Sergeant Cormack who was flying solo died of his injuries later in the day.
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, 166/8/436