LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Reginald Allan GOODHEW
Service No: 403332
Born: Leeton NSW, 9 November 1918
Enlisted in the RAAF: 6 January 1941
Unit: No. 452 Squadron
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 452 Squadron Spitfire aircraft BL351), Isle of Man, 8 May 1942, Aged 23 Years
Buried: Andreas (St Andrew) Churchyard, Isle of Man, UK
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Frederick Howard Goodhew and Maud Mabel Goodhew, of Orange, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Orange NSW
Remembered: Panel 105, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1635 hours on 8 May 1942, Spitfires BL351 and AB244 collided and crashed in the Irish Sea in the vicinity of the Isle of Man, during a non-operational training flight.
The Pilots were:
Sergeant Reginald Allan Goodhew (403332) (Pilot BL351) Killed
Pilot Officer William Hendrie Ford (401429) (Pilot AB244) Slightly injured, Killed in an Aircraft Accident: 27 February 1943
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, 163/118/339