LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer John Henry Wilcox JOHNSTONE
Service No: 414043
Born: Winton QLD, 9 May 1919
Enlisted in the RAAF: 20 July 1941
Unit: No. 1 Target Towing Unit (RAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 1 Target Towing Unit Hampden aircraft X3026), Ayrshire, 7 August 1943, Aged 24 Years
Buried: Dunure Cemetery, Ayrshire
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Robert Leonard Willox and Mignonette Johnstone, of Barcaldine, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Barcaldine QLD
Remembered: Panel 124, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1345 hours on 7 August 1943, Hampden X3026 crashed, at Ayrshire, Scotland, when the aircraft hit high ground when flying in low cloud and rain and all the crew members were killed.
The crew members of X3026 were:
Flying Officer Leslie Norman Buttimore (417194) (RNZAF) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Sydney Raymond Greer (417208) (RNZAF) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flying Officer John Henry Wilcox Johnstone (414043) (Pilot)
Flight Sergeant Eric Douglas Lee (414413) (Observer)
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, 166/21/53