LEST WE FORGET
Pilot Officer Peter Norrison INGOLDBY
Service No: 407176
Born: Adelaide SA, 15 August 1921
Enlisted in the RAAF: 29 July 1940
Unit: No. 22 Squadron, RAAF Station Richmond NSW
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 22 Squadron Wirraway aircraft A20-153), Sackville Reach NSW, 2 May 1941, Aged 19 Years
Buried: Mitcham Cemetery, SA
CWGC Additional Information: Son of James Christopher and Marion Liston Ingoldby, of McLaren Vale.
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 101, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: World War II Honour Roll, National War Memorial of SA, North Terrace, Adelaide
During instrument flying training on 2 May 1941, at 1045 hours Wirraway A20-153 flew into telephone wires at Sackville Reach, killing both crew members. Those crew members were:
Pilot Officer Peter Norrison Ingoldby (407176) (Pilot)
Flying Officer Terence Cathal Boyd McManus (407179) (Safety Pilot)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
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, 163/37/9
Bibliography:
Wilson, S. (Stewart) Wirraway, Boomerang and CA-15 in Australian Service, Aerospace Publications Weston Creek ACT 2611, 1991