LEST WE FORGET
Warrant Officer Raymond FARIA
Service No: 421045
Born: Viljeons Drift, South Africa, 29 September 1920
Enlisted in the RAAF: 7 December 1941 (at Sydney NSW)
Unit: No. 3 Squadron
Died: Air Operations: (No. 3 Squadron Kittyhawk aircraft FX664), Italy, 25 September 1944, Aged 23 Years
Buried: Ravenna War Cemetery, Italy
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Cecil and Mathilde Herminia Faria, of Northbridge, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 98, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 25 September 1944, Kittyhawk FX664 was flying Green 2 in a section of 6 aircraft, detailed to bomb a road bridge. FX664 was hit by anti-aircraft fire and caught fire after a bombing dive. The aircraft turned on its back and spun in from 1,500 feet crashed 3 miles north east of San Savio, Italy, killing Warrant Officer Faria.
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, 166/13/313