LEST WE FORGET
Pilot Officer Allan Thompson FIELD
Service No: 412939
Born: Narrabri NSW, 25 July 1918
Enlisted in the RAAF: 15 August 1941
Unit: No. 3 Squadron
Died: Air Operations: (No. 3 Squadron Kittyhawk aircraft FX704), Italy, 4 July 1944, Aged 25 Years
Buried: Florence War Cemetery, Italy
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William Henry Heward Field and Eva Rose Field, of Bowral, New South Wales, Australia. Pharmacist
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 98, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: University of Sydney World War II Roll of Honour, Camperdown NSW
On 4 July 1944, Kittyhawk FX704 flown by Pilot Officer Field was flying Yellow 1 in a section of 6 aircraft on a reconnaissance in the Arezzo/Florence area, Italy. Motor transports were sighted on the ground, and the aircraft commenced dive bombing from 6,000 feet. FX704’s bomb was released below normal height and the aircraft disintegrated in the air and crashed.
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, 166/13/258
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line