LEST WE FORGET
Pilot Officer Herbert John THIELE
Service No: 404892
Born: Mount Morgan QLD, 2 February 1919
Enlisted in the RAAF: 6 December 1940
Unit: No. 19 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 19 Squadron Spitfire aircraft A8384), Norfolk, 2 November 1941, Aged 22 Years
Buried: Swanton Morley (All Saints) Churchyard, Norfolk
CWGC Additional Information: Son of John William Charles and Camilla Lauretta Thiele, of Hendra, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Rockhampton QLD
Remembered: Panel 131, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Pilot Officer Thiele in Spitfire A8394 became lost in clouds on 2 November 1941. He baled out at a low height of 200 feet and the parachute had not fully opened when he hit the ground and was killed. The aircraft crashed at Manor Farm, 1 mile south of Woodnorton, 6 miles due north of RAF Station Swanton Morley.
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, 163/58/49