LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Norman Dudley HAINES
Service No: 416956
Born: Swan Reach SA, 1 July 1917
Enlisted in the RAAF: 8 November 1941
Unit: No. 6 Service Flying Training School, Mallala SA
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 6 Service Flying Training School Anson aircraft R3542), Monteith SA, 4 August 1942, Aged 25 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William Walter and Anna Maria Haines; husband of Jessie Mildred Haines, of Swan Reach, South Australia.
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 7, Sydney Memorial, Rookwood NSW
Remembered: Panel 116, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: World War II Honour Roll, National War Memorial of SA, North Terrace, Adelaide
At 0950 hours on 4 August 1943, No. 6 Service Flying Training School Avro Anson aircraft R3542 and W2165 collided over Monteith, killing all eight crew members on board both aircraft. The crew members were:
R3542
Leading Aircraftman Leslie Cadd (416929) (Trainee Pilot)
Sergeant Gordon Cooper (413187) (Observer)
Leading Aircraftman Norman Dudley Haines (416956) (Trainee Pilot)
Flying Officer Laurence Vivian Wotzko (2366) (Instructor Pilot)
W2165
Sergeant Mervyn John Nichols (413018) (Observer)
Sergeant Hugh Godfrey Phillips (406625) (Instructor Pilot)
Leading Aircraftman James Brignall Richardson (420056) (Trainee Pilot)
Leading Aircraftman Colin McCall Say (409484) (Trainee Pilot)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9845, 100