LEST WE FORGET
Warrant Officer Ronald Eustice WILSON
Service No: 409624
Born: Forestville SA, 16 June 1917
Enlisted in the RAAF: 12 September 1941 (at Melbourne VIC)
Unit: No. 450 Squadron
Died: Air Operations: (No. 450 Squadron Kittyhawk aircraft FX542), off the Yugoslavian Coast, 23 February 1944, Aged 26 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Wilson, of Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 16, Column 2, Malta Memorial, Malta
Remembered: Panel 105, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
After completing its bomb dive on 23 February 1944, Kittyhawk FX542 flown by Warrant Officer Wilson suffered an engine failure and could not be restarted. He was forced to bale out and landed in the sea about 300 yards from Drvenik Island, a German occupied island. Later searches could find no trace of Warrant Officer Wilson or the aircraft.
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, 166/43/543