LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Lance Lorimer ANDREW
Service No: 408203
Born: Kadina SA, 11 May 1915
Enlisted in the RAAF: 28 April 1941 (at Adelaide SA)
Unit: No. 2 Air Observers School, Mount Gambier SA
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 2 Air Observers School Anson aircraft W1966), Mount Gambier, 12 July 1941, Aged 26 Years
Buried: Port Adelaide and Suburban Cemetery, SA
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Thomas Morris Andrew and Jane Andrew, of Queenstown, Tasmania
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 115, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 0850 hours on 12 July 1941 Anson W2020 emerged from a cloud and collided with Anson W1966. The port engine of W2020 damaged the tail plane of W 1966 causing W1966 to crash while W2020 landed successfully.
The crew members of W1966 were:
Leading Aircraftman Lance Lorimer Andrew (408203) (Trainee Observer)
Leading Aircraftman Ernest Osman Milford (416276) (Trainee Observer)
Flight Lieutenant George Kenneth Peacock (37825) (RAF) (Pilot)
The crew members of W2020 were:
Leading Aircraftman (later Flight Lieutenant) Norman Cecil Hooper (O33010) (Trainee Observer) Discharged from the RAAF: 13 December 1957
Sergeant Harold Richmond Hursthouse (407240) (Pilot) Discharged from the RAAF: 1 February 1946
Sergeant Hartley Banks Deland (later Flight Lieutenant) (407572) (Instructor Observer) Killed in a ground accident: 24 March 1946
Leading Aircraftman William Robert Martin (4519) (Trainee Observer) Discharged from the RAAF: 29 August 1946
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9845, 100
Bibliography:
Wilson, S. (Stewart) Anson, Hudson and Sunderland in Australian Service, Aerospace Publications Weston Creek ACT 2611, 1992