LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Noel Gibson Sterling DRUMMOND
Service No: 402187
Born: Sydney NSW, 10 December 1918
Enlisted in the RAAF: 24 June 1940
Unit: No. 11 Squadron (RAF), Derna, Libya
Died: Air Operations: (No. 11 Squadron Blenheim aircraft Z7909), Libya, 12 December 1941, Aged 23 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Alfred Henry and Ruby Jennett Drummond, of Longueville, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Lane Cove NSW
Remembered: Column 246, Alamein Memorial, Egypt
Remembered: Panel 121, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Australia Remembers 1939-1995 Memorial, Lane Cove NSW
Blenheim Z7909 of No. 11 Squadron was reported missing on 12 December 1941 when on an operational flight in the vicinity of Derna Landing Ground, Libya. Searches found no trace of the missing aircraft and crew and the search was abandoned in 1946.
The crew members of Blenheim Z7909 were:
Second Lieutenant Roy Inglis Burrage (102345) (SAAF) (Pilot)
Sergeant Noel Gibson Sterling Drummond (402187) (Observer)
Flight Sergeant David Martin (630163) (RAF) (Wireless Operator Air Gunner)
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 Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/103/144
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line