LEST WE FORGET
Pilot Officer William Alan HOWARD
Service No: 42857
Born: Mosman NSW, 13 November 1905
Enlisted in the RAAF: 6 October 1941 (at Ballarat VIC)
Unit: No. 1 Wireless Air Gunners School
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 1 Wireless Air Gunners School Wackett aircraft A3-191), near Chepstowe VIC, 20 February 1944, Aged 38 Years
Buried: Ballarat (New) General Cemetery, Victoria
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Harry Isherwood Howard and Gertrude Laura Howard; husband of Jeanette Fawcett Howard, of Mosman, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 116, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
During a non-operational training flight on 20 February 1944, Wackett Trainer A3-191 crashed at 0945 hours 1.5 miles north of Chepstowe, Victoria, and both the crew members were killed.
The crew members of A30191 were:
Corporal Robert Burns Bolton (10173) (Fitter II Engines)
Pilot Officer William Alan Howard (42857) (Pilot)
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, 166/18/290; A9845, 184