LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Brian Henry FLYNN
Service No: 422847
Born: Waverley NSW, 9 April 1924
Enlisted in the RAAF: 26 May 1942
Unit: No. 10 Elementary Flying Training School, Temora NSW
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 10 Elementary Flying Training School Tiger Moth aircraft A17-451), near Temora, 2 March 1943, Aged 18 Years
Buried: Temora General Cemetery, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Henry and Eileen Veronica Flynn
Roll of Honour: Sydney NSW
Remembered: Panel 115, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 0925 hours on 2 March 1943, Tiger Moth A17-451 flown solo by Leading Aircraftman Flynn, a Trainee Pilot, crashed one mile north of B Flight Satellite aerodrome at Temora and he was killed. The aircraft was detailed to carry out solo circuits and landings but spun in off a gliding turn, when approaching to land 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, 166/13/19; A9845, 45