LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Harry Donald FOX
Service No: 405353
Born: Brisbane QLD, 30 August 1922
Enlisted in the RAAF: 3 March 1941
Unit: No. 221 Squadron (RAF), Detachment RAF Station Luqa, Malta
Died: Aircraft Accident: (No. 221 Squadron Wellington aircraft DV542), Luqa, 13 August 1942, Aged 19 Years
Buried: Malta (Capuccini) Naval Cemetery, Malta
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Harry and Lilian Francis Fox, of Torwood, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Brisbane QLD
Remembered: Panel 122, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On the 13 August 1942 Wellington DV542 overshot the aerodrome at Luqa and in attempting to go around again crashed at 0230 hours. Sergeant Fox was killed in the crash and all the others were slightly injured.
The crew members of DV542 were:
Sergeant Harry Donald Fox (405353) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant H Langley (1077375) (RAFVR)
Sergeant J F Maslin (1381565) (RAFVR)
Pilot Officer R S Shepherd (118544) (RAFVR) (Pilot)
Sergeant R G Targett (1337055) (RAFVR)
Sergeant K M R Thompson (1181107 or 1181108) (RAFVR)
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, 163/113/242