LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer Charles Andre GRAHAM
Service No: 401623
Born: Melbourne VIC, 2 February 1921
Enlisted in the RAAF: 1 March 1941
Unit: No. 105 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Marham
Died: Air Operations: (No. 105 Squadron Mosquito aircraft DZ320), Netherlands, 13 November 1942, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Flushing (Vlissingen) Northern Cemetery, Zeeland, Netherlands
CWGC Additional Information: Son of John and Rose Graham, of Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia
Roll of Honour: Clifton Hill VIC
Remembered: Panel 123, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1208 hours on 13 November 1942 Mosquito DZ320 took off from Marham detailed to attack the “Neumark” at Vlissingen, Holland. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it failed to return to base. The aircraft was hit by anti-aircraft fire and crashed at 1240 hours near Oostkapelle, (Zeeland). Both the crew members were killed.
The crew members of DZ320 were:
Flying Officer Robert Fred Lindsay Anderson (J/10415) (RCAF) (Observer)
Flying Officer Charles Andre Graham (401623) (Pilot)
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, 163/34/238