LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer Douglas WILSON
Service No: 414115
Born: Murwillumbah NSW, 15 April 1920
Enlisted in the RAAF: 20 July 1941
Unit: No. 8 Communication Unit, Goodenough Island PNG
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 8 Communication Unit Boomerang aircraft A46-71), near Goodenough Island, 1 May 1944, Aged 24 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Gilbert and Annie Reynolds Wilson, of Chillingham, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Murwillumbah NSW
Remembered: Panel 9, Port Moresby Memorial PNG
Remembered: Panel 112, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
During practice formation flying hours on 1 May 1944, Boomerang A46-71 flown by Flying Officer Wilson went into a spin on top of the loop and crashed into the sea about 30 kms from Goodenough Island at 1017 hours.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9845, 113
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line
Bibliography:
Wilson, S. (Stewart) Wirraway, Boomerang and CA-15 in Australian Service, Aerospace Publications Weston Creek ACT 2611, 1991