LEST WE FORGET

Flying Officer Colin Kevin FLOCKHART

Service No: 428679
Born: Ashfield NSW, 1 February 1924
Enlisted in the RAAF: 10 October 1942
Unit: No. 619 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Strubby
Died: Air Operations: (No. 619 Squadron Lancaster aircraft ND975), France, 7 January 1945, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Villeneuve-St-Georges Old Communal Cemetery, France
CWGC Additional Information: Son of John Eamshaw Flockhart and Lillian Gladys Flockhart, of Earlwood, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Sydney NSW
Remembered: Panel 122, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Commonwealth Bank of Australia Honour Rolls, Sydney NSW

On the night of 7 January 1945, Lancaster ND975 took off from RAF Strubby detailed to bomb Munich, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off, and it failed to return to base. When homebound, the aircraft disintegrated over St-Pierre, France. All the crew members were killed.

The crew members of ND975 were:

Flying Officer Colin Kevin Flockhart (428679) (Pilot)
Sergeant Percival Stanley Graves (1621464) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Flight Sergeant Robert Wilfred Keightley (1457806) (RAFVR) (Air Bomber)
Sergeant Thomas Luther Letchford (1812830) (RAFVR) (Mid Upper Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Anthony Frederick Murdoch (1600419) (RAFVR) (Rear Gunner)
Sergeant Ronald Watkin Price (1652787) (RAFVR) (Navigator)
Flight Sergeant Eric Alfred Smith (429268) (Wireless Air Gunner)

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, 166/13/381
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line

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