LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Wilfred John Peter TIBBITS
Service No: 403081
Born: Goulburn NSW, 22 October 1919
Enlisted in the RAAF: 9 December 1940
Unit: No. 11 Service Flying Training School (RCAF), Yorkton, Saskatchewan
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 11 Service Flying Training School Harvard aircraft 3798), Saskatchewan, 13 June 1941, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Yorkton Cemetery, Saskatchewan
CWGC Additional Information: Son of James Wilfred Douglas Tibbits and Agnes Grace Tibbits, of Kirribilli, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 133, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 13 June 1941, Harvard 3798 took off for a solo training flight, and crashed six miles north east of the main aerodrome at Yorkton, killing Leading Aircraftman Tibbits.
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, 163/167/15