LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Bernard Rex McCORMACK
From Australia serving in the Royal Air Force
Service No: 1331852 (RAFVR)
Born: Richmond VIC, 21 May 1915
Enlisted in the RAF: Date unavailable
Unit: No. 129 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Air Operations: (No. 129 Squadron Spitfire Vb aircraft BL244), Sussex, 19 June 1942, Aged 27 Years
Buried: Chichester Cemetery, Sussex
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Bernard James McCormack and Clara V McCormack, of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Husband of Dora McCormack of Melbourne
Roll of Honour: Unknown
On the evening of 19 June 1942 Sergeant McCormack in Spitfire BL244 was scrambled and then attacked by two Fw190 aircraft of JG2. The aircraft crashed near Siddlesham, Sussex, and Sergeant McCormack was killed.
References:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Franks, N (Norman L R), Royal Air Force Fighter Command Losses of the Second World War, Volume 2 Operational Losses: Aircraft and Crews 1942-1943, Midland Publishing Limited UK, 1998
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record: McCormack/Bernard Rex