LEST WE FORGET
Warrant Officer Norman Robert HAMMOND
Service No: 419804
Born: Warrnambool VIC, 17 February 1924
Enlisted in the RAAF: 26 October 1942 (at Sydney NSW)
Unit: No. 2 Operational Training Unit, Mildura VIC
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 2 Operational Training Unit Kittyhawk aircraft A29-186), near Wentworth NSW, 16 February 1945, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Mildura Public Cemetery, VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Norman William and Sarah Emma Hammond, of Warrnambool.
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 112, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 16 February 1945, Kittyhawk aircraft A29-167 and A29-186 collided near Wentworth and both pilots were killed. The pilots were:
Warrant Officer Norman Robert Hammond (419804) (A29-186)
Flight Lieutanant Robert Ambrose Milne (406362) (A29-167)
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, 25
Bibliography:
Wilson, S. (Stewart) Spitfire, Mustang and Kittyhawk in Australian Service, Aerospace Publications Weston Creek ACT 2611, 1988