LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer Dudley John HICKEY
Service No: 405907
Born: Pialba QLD, 8 April 1915
Enlisted in the RAAF: 22 July 1941
Unit: No. 272 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Air Operations: (No. 272 Squadron Beaufighter aircraft X8079), off Sicily, 22 May 1943, Aged 28 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Francis William and Pauline Hickey; husband of Valma Rose Hickey, of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 11, Column 1, Malta Memorial, Malta
Remembered: Panel 123, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
During an armed reconnaissance on 22 May 1943 Flying Officer Hickey flying Beaufighter aircraft X8079 was reported missing believed killed when he was shot down in a battle with four Me109s and crashed into the sea 30 miles north west of Maritimo Island, Sicily.
The crew members of X8079 were:
Flying Officer Dudley John Hickey (405907) (Pilot)
Sergeant Donald Norman Law (1437606) (RAFVR)
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, 163/36/177