LEST WE FORGET
Warrant Officer Clement Robert STEVENSON
Service No: 409330
Born: Blair Athol QLD, 7 February 1921
Enlisted in the RAAF: 15 August 1941 (at Melbourne VIC)
Unit: No. 43 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 43 Squadron Spitfire aircraft MJ483), Italy, 4 May 1944, Aged 23 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Percy Robert and Sarah Ann Stevenson, of West Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 16, Column 2, Malta Memorial, Malta
Remembered: Panel 130, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1208 hours on 4 May 1944 Spitfire MJ483 was airborne to travel from Lago to Nettuno, Italy, a distance of about 60 miles including a short distance over the sea. The aircraft failed to arrive at its destination. Searches failed to find any trace of the missing aircraft or pilot and it was recorded in 1948 that Warrant Officer Stevenson had no known grave.
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, 166/38/515