LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Ronald John HOOPER
Service No: 414447
Born: Cooroy QLD, 17 December 1922
Enlisted in the RAAF: 15 September 1941
Unit: No. 7 Service Flying Training School, Deniliquin NSW
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 7 Service Flying Training School Wirraway aircraft A20-221), near Deniliquin, 20 July 1942, Aged 19 Years
Buried: Tewantin Cemetery QLD
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William and Beatrice Anne Hooper, of Tewantin
Roll of Honour: Tewantin QLD
Remembered: Panel 116, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 20 July 1942, Wirraway A20-221 crashed 15 miles east of Deniliquin and the two crew members were killed in the accident.
The crew members of A20-221 were:
Leading Aircraftman Cecil Germain (414373) (Trainee Pilot)
Leading Aircraftman Ronald John Hooper (414447) (Safety 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, 163/123/289; A9845, 109