LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Cyril John COVILL
Service No: 426429
Born: Brisbane QLD, 9 January 1924
Enlisted in the RAAF: 22 June 1942
Unit: No. 5 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit (RAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 5 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit Master aircraft AZ651), Cheshire, 30 January 1944, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Chester (Blacon) Cemetery, Cheshire
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Benjamin and Annie Covill, of Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Brisbane QLD
Remembered: Panel 120, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1400 hours during a training flight on the 30 January 1944 in Master AZ651, Flight Sergeant Covill, flying solo, was intending to make a forced landing in a field but had to turn violently to avoid high tension wires. The aircraft stalled and crashed to the ground at Ridley Bank farm, Cheshire, and Flight Sergeant Covill died of his injuries.
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, 166/8/375