LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Archibald Murray McCLYMONT
Service No: 414066
Born: Inverell NSW, 20 April 1920
Enlisted in the RAAF: 20 July 1941 (at Brisbane QLD)
Unit: No. 5 Service Flying Training School, Uranquinty NSW
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 5 Service Flying Training School Wirraway aircraft A20-79), near Uranquinty, 7 April 1942, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Inverell Cemetery, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Archibald and Margaret Ida McClymont, of Texas, Queensland
Roll of Honour: Inverell NSW
Remembered: Panel 116, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1330 hours on 7 April 1942, Wirraway A20-79 crashed at the Air to Ground Gunnery range at Uranquinty and the crew of two was killed. The aircraft was authorised to carry out an instrument flying training exercise. A civilian witness stated that the aircraft dived several times on a gunnery target and it failed to come out of its last dive. It was considered that the crash resulted from a disobedience of orders.
The crew members of A20-79 were:
Leading Aircraftman Archibald Murray McClymont (414066) (Safety Trainee Pilot)
Leading Aircraftman Robert Alexander Oppy (412025) (Trainee 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, 163/141/507; A9845, 104
Bibliography:
Ilbery, P.L.T. (Peter Leslie Thomas) (422957) Hatching an Air Force: 2SFTS, 5SFTS, 1BFTS Uranquinty and Wagga Wagga, Banner Books Maryborough QLD 4650, 2002