LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer Lynden John Ambrose REGAN
Service No: 424798
Born: North Sydney NSW, 19 December 1921
Enlisted in the RAAF: 9 October 1942
Unit: No. 80 Squadron
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 80 Squadron Kittyhawk aircraft A29-472), off Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 5 April 1944, Aged 22 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Lynden Arthur Roy and Eurydice Vera Regan, of Parramatta, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 34, Rabaul Memorial PNG
Remembered: Panel 104, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: University of Sydney World War 2 Roll of Honour, Camperdown NSW
While being test flown on 5 April 1944, Kittyhawk A29-472 flown by Flying Officer Regan crashed into the sea at high speed about two miles from Cape Gloucester. The aircraft stalled during combat practice with Flight Sergeant Lee Oxley Hindley (421905) (Discharged: 17 October 1945) flying Kittyhawk A29-554 resulting in the crash in which Flying Officer Regan was lost.
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, 158; A9300 REGAN L J A
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line