LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Norman John CROSBIE
Service No: 401771
Born: St Arnaud VIC, 23 October 1913
Enlisted in the RAAF: 29 March 1941
Unit: No. 1 Operational Training Unit, Bairnsdale VIC
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 1 Operational Training Unit Beaufort aircraft A9-16), near Woodside VIC, 9 March 1943, Aged 29 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of George McIsaac Crosbie and Susan Hambly Crosbie, of St. Arnaud, Victoria.
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 6, Sydney Memorial, Rookwood NSW
Remembered: Panel 112, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 9 March 1943, Beaufort A9-16 crashed in flames near Woodside, killing all four crew members.
The crew members of A9-16 were:
Sergeant Norman John Crosbie (401771) (Observer)
Sergeant William Ernest Myrie Gough (406844) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Pilot Officer Herbert Walter Maurice Greenwood (415420) (Pilot)
Sergeant Joseph Harry Sheppard (5975) (Wireless Air Gunner)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9845, 11