LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Norman Arvon EVANS
Service No: 402113
Born: Sydney NSW, 16 July 1916
Enlisted in the RAAF: 27 May 1940
Unit: No. 3 Squadron
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 3 Squadron Tomahawk aircraft AK408), near Jaffa, 5 June 1941, Aged 24 Years
Buried: Ramleh War Cemetery, Palestine
CWGC Additional Information: Son of John and Jennie Evans, of Naremburn, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: North Sydney NSW
Remembered: Panel 98, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 5 June 1941, Sergeant Evans was instructed to carry out further training in Tomahawk AK408. The aircraft crashed about 2.5 miles east of Jaffa and he was killed. From information supplied by Arabs living in the area, it appeared that the pilot had dived the aircraft and climbed steeply to about 5/6,000 feet and then went into a spin and remained spinning until the aircraft hit the ground and burst into flames.
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, 163/109/29
Bibliography:
Ilbery, P.L.T. (Peter Leslie Thomas) (422957) Hatching an Air Force: 2SFTS, 5SFTS, 1BFTS Uranquinty and Wagga Wagga, Banner Books Maryborough QLD 4650, 2002