LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Frank Faulkes INNES
Service No: 410338
Born: Moama NSW, 12 March 1920
Enlisted in the RAAF: 6 December 1941 (at Melbourne VIC)
Unit: No. 115 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station East Wretham
Died: Air Operations: (No. 115 Squadron Lancaster aircraft DS715), Germany, 3 August 1943, Aged 23 Years
Buried: Hamburg Cemetery, Germany
CWGC Additional Information: Son of John McLeod Innes and Alice May Innes, of Mathoura, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Canberra ACT
Remembered: Panel 124, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Hay War Memorial Hall and Honour Roll, Hay NSW
Remembered: Hay War Memorial High School World War 2 Honor Roll, Hay NSW
At 2355 hours on the night of 2 August 1943 Lancaster DS715 took off from East Wretham detailed to bomb Hamburg, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it failed to return to base. The aircraft was struck by lightning and crashed out of control near the village of Wanzendorf about18 kms south west south west of Hamburg. All the crew members were killed.
The crew members of DS715 were:
Sergeant Edward Cavanagh (646879) (RAF) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant Leonard Thomas Evans (1652992) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Flight Sergeant Frank Faulkes Innes (410338) (Mid Upper Gunner)
Sergeant Francis Walter Jeffrey (1537056) (RAFVR) (Navigator)
Pilot Officer Robert John Mosen (41350) (RNZAF) (Pilot)
Sergeant Fred James Richards (1602799) (RAFVR) (Rear Gunner)
Flight Sergeant James Leonard Keith Talbot (42113) (RNZAF) (Air Bomber)
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, 166/19/22
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line