LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Richard Ronald Robinson GILPIN
Service No: 434589
Born: Rockhampton QLD, 23 September 1917
Enlisted in the RAAF:
Unit: No. 36 Service Flying Training School (RCAF), Penhold, Alberta
Died: Aircraft Accident, Alberta, 16 September 1943, Aged 25 Years
Buried: Red Deer Cemetery, Alberta
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Gilpin, of Capella, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 133, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 16 September 1943, the aircraft being flown solo by student pilot Leading Aircraftman Gilpin was seen to go into a spin from which it failed to recover. The aircraft crashed five miles west of Innisfail, Alberta, and he was killed.
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, 166/15/113