LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Alexander Noel GLANCY
Service No: 400221
Born: Armadale VIC, 21 December 1918
Enlisted in the RAAF: 21 July 1940
Unit: No. 450 Squadron
Died: Air Operations: (No. 450 Squadron Kittyhawk aircraft AK934), Egypt-Libya border area, 17 June 1942, Aged 23 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of James Christian and Edith Grace Glancy, of Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Roll of Honour: Horsham VIC
Remembered: Column 266, Alamein Memorial, Egypt
Remembered: Panel 105, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 17 June 1942, Kittyhawk AK934 flown by Sergeant Glancy was one of six aircraft acting a top cover to light bombers whose target was in the El Duda – El Adem area. While over the target the formation was attacked by four ME109s and in the general dogfight which ensued one Kittyhawk presumed to be AK934 was seen to hit the ground and burst into flames. AK934 failed to return from the mission and Sergeant Glancy was missing.
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, 163/117/179