LEST WE FORGET
Pilot Officer Randle FEILDEN
Service No: 402650
Born: Bengough, Canada, 17 January 1913
Enlisted in the RAAF: 18 September 1940 (at Sydney NSW)
Unit: No. 114 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station West Raynham
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 114 Squadron Blenheim aircraft V5490), Norfolk, 22 September 1941, Aged 28 Years
Buried: Scottow Cemetery, Norfolk
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Everard Henry and Maude Billson Feilden, of Bengough, Saskatchewan, Canada; husband of Miriam Feilden, of Calgary, Alberta Canada
Roll of Honour: Regina, Canada
Remembered: Panel 122, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On a training flight on 22 September 1941 Blenheim V5490 crashed near Cromer, Norfolk, after colliding with the mast of a ship moored on the nearby practice range. All the crew members were killed.
The crew members of V5490 were:
Pilot Officer Fred Harvey Brown (J/5095) (RCAF) (Observer)
Sergeant Samuel Stephen John Collier (1261192) (RAFVR) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Pilot Officer Randle Feilden (402650) (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, 163/31/22