LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer Henry Douglas SUMMONS
Service No: 400106
Born: Kew VIC, 24 July 1918
Enlisted in the RAAF: 27 May 1940
Unit: No. 77 Squadron
Died: Air Operations: (No. 77 Squadron Kittyhawk aircraft A29-821), Manokwari area, 25 October 1944, Aged 26 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William Henry and Elsie Agnes Summons, of Kew, Victoria
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 6, Lae Memorial PNG
Remembered: Panel 104, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 25 October 1944, Kittyhawk A29-821 flown by Flying Officer Summons was one of four aircraft engaged in a bombing and strafing attack in the Manokwari area of Dutch New Guinea. The Section approached the target at a height of 8,000 feet and was led by A29-821. When the section was in a position to make a bombing run, A29-821 entered a large cloud but the remainder of the section did not follow and the aircraft was not seen again. Searches did not find any trace of A29-821 or Flying Officer Summons.
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, 166/38/743; A9845, 167