LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant David Llewellyn COLE
Service No: 401419
Born: Perth, Scotland, 28 May 1919
Enlisted in the RAAF: 3 February 1941 (at Melbourne VIC)
Unit: No. 8 Squadron
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 8 Squadron Beaufort aircraft A9-264), Bohle River QLD, 6 July 1943, Aged 24 Years
Buried: Townsville War Cemetery QLD
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Lewis George and Amy Cole, of Toorak, Victoria
Roll of Honour: Melbourne VIC
Remembered: Panel 99, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At about 1150 hours on 6 July 1943, Beaufort A9-264 suffered a double engine failure and made a forced landing in lightly timbered country about 3 kms south west of the Bohle airfield. The aircraft burst into flames on impact, killing Flying Officer Courtman and Pilot Officer Mitchell, and fatally injuring Flight Sergeant Cole and Flying Officer Goodisson.
The crew members of A9-264 were:
Flight Sergeant David Llewellyn Cole (401419) (Navigator Bomb Aimer)
Flying Officer Daniel William Courtman (405347) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flying Officer John Francis Goodisson (401786) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Pilot Officer John Mitchell (400994) (Pilot)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9845, 250