LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Kenneth John TAUBMAN
Service No: 424560
Born: Croydon NSW, 24 October 1921
Enlisted in the RAAF: 12 September 1942
Unit: No. 290 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 290 Squadron Martinet aircraft JN549), Northern Ireland, 8 August 1944, Aged 22 Years
Buried: Eglantine Church of Ireland Cemetery, County Down
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Claude Percival and Mary Taubman; husband of Patricia Finlay Taubman, of Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Strathfield NSW
Remembered: Panel 131, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Strathfield World War II Roll of Honour, Strathfield NSW
Remembered: University of Sydney World War 2 Roll of Honour, Camperdown NSW
On 8 August 1944, Martinet JN549 crashed during a non-operational solo flight for ground controlled interception training. The aircraft crashed at 1610 hours at Ballyreach, County Antrim, and Flight Sergeant Taubman was killed. A Court of Inquiry into the accident stated: “the aircraft flew into thick cloud and then flew into the ground. The aircraft and engine disintegrated on impact. An examination of the wreckage revealed no signs indicative of structural or engine failure. Eye witnesses reported that the engine was running strongly up to the time of the crash and no parts were observed to fly off the aircraft which spun into the ground.”
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, 166/39/331
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line