LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Archibald Gordon WILLMAN
Service No: 411421
Born: Bathurst NSW, 11 September 1916
Enlisted in the RAAF: 28 April 1941
Unit: No. 2 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit (RAF), RAF Station Cranwell, Lincolnshire
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 2 Flying Instructors School Master aircraft DL282), 8 October 1942, Aged 26 Years
Buried: Cranwell (St Andrew) Churchyard, Lincolnshire
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William John Edward and Ella Rose Willman, of Hurlstone Park, New South Wales; husband of Patricia Mabel Susan Willman, of Hurlstone Park, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Canterbury NSW
Remembered: Panel 132, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Sergeant Willman was killed in the loss of Master DL282 in Lincolnshire.
The crew members of Master DL282 were:
Leading Aircraftman Kenneth Rushton Hickling (657400) (RAFVR) (Student)
Sergeant Archibald Gordon Willman (411421) (Instructor)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/178/425