LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Kenneth Edward HEPBURN
Service No: 430170
Born: Heidelberg VIC, 9 August 1924
Enlisted in the RAAF: 1 January 1943
Unit: No. 2 Operational Training Unit
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 2 Operational Training Unit Kittyhawk aircraft A29-176), near Mildura, 14 December 1944, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Mildura Public Cemetery, Victoria
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Edward Andrew and Minnie Evelyn Hepburn, of Heidelberg
Roll of Honour: Heidelberg VIC
Remembered: Panel 112, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 0749 hours on 14 December 1944, Kittyhawk A29-176 flown by Flight Sergeant Hepburn crashed one mile south of the bombing range and he was killed. During dive bombing exercises, the aircraft was seen to spiral dive from an estimated height of 2,000 feet and disintegrate on impact.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/17/902; A9845, 8