LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer Frederick Clifford BOYCE
Service No: 410941
Born: Brighton VIC, 2 April 1920
Enlisted in the RAAF: 24 April 1942
Unit: RAF Station Abu Sueir
Died: Aircraft Accident (Kittyhawk aircraft AK885), Abu Sueir, Egypt, 24 December 1943, Aged 23 Years
Buried: Moascar War Cemetery, Egypt
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Harold Edward and Emily Boyce
Roll of Honour: Malvern VIC
Remembered: Panel 119, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1030 hours on 24 December 1943, Kittyhawk AK885 flown by Flying Officer Boyce on an air firing exercise went into a spin and crashed north of the bombing range at Abu Sueir and he was killed.
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, 166/6/367