LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer Lewis Henry WILLIAMS
Service No: 410404
Born: Dandenong VIC, 5 September 1922
Enlisted in the RAAF: 6 December 1941
Unit: No. 5 Service Flying Training School, Uranquinty NSW
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 5 Service Flying Training School Wirraway aircraft A20-230), near The Rock, 15 October 1944, Aged 22 Years
Buried: Wagga Wagga War Cemetery, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Henry James Williams and Margaret Williams, of Albury
Roll of Honour: Albury NSW
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 15 October 1944, Wirraway A20-230 crashed four miles north west of The Rock and the crew was killed. The aircraft was on a night non-operational ferry flight from Belfrayden satellite to the main aerodrome at Uranquinty and crashed in a dust storm.
The crew members of A20-230 were:
Leading Aircraftman Leonard Darrell Leysley (443782) (Trainee Pilot)
Flying Officer Lewis Henry Williams (410404) (Instructor 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, 166/43/908; A9845, 109