LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Maurice Arthur BISHOP
Service No: 426520
Born: Ayr QLD, 10 December 1914
Enlisted in the RAAF: 18 July 1942
Unit: No. 10 Elementary Flying Training School, Temora NSW
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 10 Elementary Flying Training School Tiger Moth aircraft T5412), near Temora, 14 August 1943, Aged 28 Years
Buried: Temora General Cemetery, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Thomas Arthur and Elsie May Bishop; husband of Helen Prudence Bishop, of Cordelia, Queensland
Roll of Honour: Halifax QLD
Remembered: Panel 115, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
During a non-operational instructional flight on14 August 1943, Tiger Moth T5412 crashed at 1600 hours 12 miles north-west of the Temora aerodrome and the crew was killed.
The crew members of T5412 were:
Sergeant Maurice Arthur Bishop (426520) (Instructor Pilot)
Leading Aircraftman Kevin MacAllister Rosser (433227) (Trainee 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, 166/5/248; A9845, 85