LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer Norman Peter RANDALL
Service No: 405324
Born: Sandgate QLD, 4 March 1921
Enlisted in the RAAF: 2 March 1941
Unit: No. 76 Squadron
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 76 Squadron Kittyhawk aircraft A29-362), near Portland Roads QLD, 15 June 1943, Aged 22 Years
Buried: Townsville War Cemetery, Queensland
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Dr. William Henry Norman and Helen Julia Randall, of Dalby
Roll of Honour: Dalby QLD
Remembered: Panel 104, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 15 June 1943, Kittyhawk A29-362 flown by Flying Officer Randall crashed on a beach near Portland Roads and he was killed. The aircraft was being ferried from Bankstown to No. 76 Squadron’s new base on Goodenough Island, Papua New Guinea.
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 A9845, 155; RANDALL N P
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