LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Hugh Sydney George RICHARDSON
Service No: 410093
Born: Warracknabeal VIC, 25 October 1919
Enlisted in the RAAF: 8 November 1941
Unit: Base Torpedo Unit, Nowra NSW
Died: Aircraft Accident (Base Torpedo Unit Beaufort aircraft A9-268), Jervis Bay NSW, 14 April 1943, Aged 23 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of John Sydney and Agnes Richardson; husband of Ruth Victoria Caroline Richardson, of North Williamstown, Victoria
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 6, Sydney Memorial, Rookwood NSW
Remembered: Panel 111, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 0955 hours on 14 April 1943, Beaufort aircraft A9-27 and A9-268 collided over Jervis Bay. All eight crew members from both aircraft were killed.
The crew members of A9-268 were:
Flight Lieutenant David George Dey (280627) (Pilot)
Pilot Officer Jack Norman (407561) (Wireless Air Gunner acting Observer)
Sergeant Hugh Sydney George Richardson (410093) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Pilot Officer Rex Lindsay Solomon (408149) (Wireless Air Gunner)
The crew members of A9-27 were:
Flight Sergeant Albert John Bailey (409976) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flying Officer Raymond Sydney Green (408110) (Pilot)
Flying Officer Maurice Francis Hoban (409118) (Observer)
Pilot Officer Eric William Sweetnam (408077) (Wireless Air Gunner)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9845, 176
Bibliography:
Wilson, S. (Stewart) Beaufort, Beaufighter and Mosquito in Australian Service, Aerospace Publications Weston Creek ACT 2611, 1990