LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer Hudson Garth AINSLIE
Service No: 405814
Born: Sydney NSW, 26 January 1923
Enlisted in the RAAF: 21 June 1941 (at Brisbane QLD)
Unit: No. 111 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Ground Accident, Florence, Italy, 2 October 1944, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Florence War Cemetery, Italy
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Adam Richard and Josephine Beatrice Ainslie, of St. Lucia Heights, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Brisbane QLD
Remembered: Panel 118, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
While on duty Flying Officer Ainslie (a Pilot) was killed at 1825 hours on 2 October 1944 when he was hit by an aircraft that crashed on the side of the runway when landing at night at Florence Airfield, Italy.
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, 166/3/131