LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer Richard Henry GOLDING
Service No: 422510
Born: Cooroy QLD, 16 January 1918
Enlisted in the RAAF: 22 May 1942 (at Sydney NSW)
Unit: No. 221 Squadron (RAF), Kalamaki, Greece
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 221 Squadron Wellington XIII aircraft), off the Greek Coast, 3 April 1945, Aged 27 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Gordon Henry and Elsie Golding; husband of Myra Gladys Golding, of Lismore, New South Wales, Australia. A.I.C.A.
Roll of Honour: Lismore NSW
Remembered: Column 283, Alamein Memorial, Egypt
Remembered: Panel 122, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Lismore Cenotaph, Lismore NSW
On 3 April 1945, a Wellington XIII aircraft took off from Kalamaki or an air test between 1645 and 1745 hours. It was seen to climb to 1,000 feet with its undercarriage still down, and was last seen flying out to sea. No messages were received from the aircraft which failed to return to base. In 1948 it was recorded that the crew members had lost their lives at sea.
The crew members of X111 were:
Flying Officer Richard Henry Golding (422510) (Pilot)
Leading Aircraftman George William Smith (1235135) (RAFVR) (Fitter II Airframe)
Pilot Officer Keith Tate (60355) (Wireless Operator/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, 166/16/613
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line