LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Bruce Sidney McCREDIE
Service No: 413010
Born: Sydney NSW, 17 February 1919
Enlisted in the RAAF: 15 August 1941
Unit: No. 5 Service Flying Training School, Uranquinty NSW
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 5 Service Flying Training School Wirraway aircraft A20-552), south east of Uranquinty, 3 July 1942, Aged 23 Years
Cremated: Eastern Suburbs Crematorium, Sydney NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Thomas W. McCredie and Elsie McCredie, of Waverton
Roll of Honour: North Sydney NSW
Remembered: Panel 5, NSW Cremation Memorial
Remembered: Panel 116, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Concord War Memorial, Concord NSW
At 1240 hours on 3 July 1942, Wirraway A20-552 crashed on Mangoplan Road, 42 miles south east of Uranquinty and the crew was killed. The aircraft had been on an instrument flying exercise, and had apparently spun in out of control.
The crew members of A209-552 were:
Leading Aircraftman Bruce Sidney McCredie (413010) (Trainee Pilot)
Leading Aircraftman Cecil Teys (405945) (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, 163/141/615; A9845, 197
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line