LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Ronald SWIFT
Service No: 449704
Born: Carlton VIC, 8 March 1926
Enlisted in the RAAF: 21 April 1944
Unit: No. 10 Elementary Flying Training School, Temora NSW
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 10 Elementary Flying Training School Tiger Moth aircraft A17-696), near Temora, 3 March 1945, Aged 18 Years
Buried: Temora General Cemetery, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William and Sarah Swift, of Carlton, Victoria
Roll of Honour: Melbourne VIC
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 0715 hours on 3 March 1945, Tiger Moth A17-696 took off on a non-operational training flight and crashed at 0750 hours two miles west of the Temora aerodrome and the crew was killed.
The crew members of A17-696 were:
Flying Officer Donald Peter Bradshaw (431472) (Instructor Pilot)
Leading Aircraftman Ronald Swift (449704) (Trainee Dual Pilot)
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, 166/38/963; A9845, 81