LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer William John LITTLE
Service No: 404505
Born: Cloncurry QLD, 1 April 1918
Enlisted in the RAAF: 13 September 1940
Unit: No. 237 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Air Operations: (No. 237 Squadron Spitfire aircraft PT715), Italy, 19 December 1944, Aged 26 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William Clancy Little and Julia Ernestine Little, of Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Panel 16, Column 1, Malta Memorial, Malta
Remembered: Panel 125, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 19 December 1944 Flying Officer Little, flying Spitfire PT715, was reported missing on air operations near Falconara, Italy.
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 A9300, LITTLE W J