LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer Robert Bruce PARK
Service No: 404981
Born: Sydney NSW, 19 March 1921
Enlisted in the RAAF: 5 January 1941 (at Brisbane QLD)
Unit: No. 185 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Air Operations: (No. 185 Squadron Spitfire aircraft EP571), off Malta, 19 November 1942, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Malta (Capuccini) Naval Cemetery, Malta
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Joseph Keith Park, M.B., M.Ch., and Joanna Millar Park, of Modewarre, Victoria, Australia
Roll of Honour: Brisbane QLD
Remembered: Panel 128, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1340 hours on 19 November 1942 Spitfire EP571 flown by Flying Officer Park took off from Malta detailed to protect a convoy. The aircraft developed engine trouble and crashed in the Mediterranean approximately 60 miles south of Malta. Flying Officer Park baled out and drowned and his body was recovered by the Royal Navy.
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, 163/51/174
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