LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer Percy Keith TURNOR
Service No: 408924
Born: Northcote VIC, 18 February 1913
Enlisted in the RAAF: 20 June 1941
Unit: No. 627 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Woodhall Spa
Died: Air Operations: (No. 627 Squadron Mosquito aircraft DZ478), France, 8 May 1944, Aged 31 Years
Buried: Nantes (Pont-Du-Cens) Communal Cemetery, Loire-Atlantique, France
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Percy Edwin and Margaret May Turnor, of Richmond, Victoria. Australia
Roll of Honour: Benalla VIC
Remembered: Panel 131, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 0109 hours on the morning of 8 May 1944, Mosquito DZ478 took off from Woodhall Spa detailed to bomb the airfield at Tours, France. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it failed to return to base. The aircraft was shot down and crashed at Mont Couvern, south of Tours, France and both the crew members were killed.
The crew members of DZ478 were:
Warrant Officer John Frederick Hewson (747760) (RAFVR) (Navigator/Bomber)
Flying Officer Percy Keith Turnor (408924) (Pilot)
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, 166/40/188