LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer Guy HUBBARD
Service No: 432
Born: 20 August 1911, Location unavailable
Enlisted in the RAAF: Date unavailable
Unit: No. 5 Elementary Flying Training School, Narromine NSW
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 5 Elementary Flying Training School Tiger Moth aircraft A17-32), Narromine, 3 December 1940, Aged 29 Years
Buried: Narromine General Cemetery, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Robert and Adelaide Annie Hubbard, of Oatley
Roll of Honour: Oatley NSW
Remembered: Panel 116, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Oatley War Memorial, Oatley NSW
At 1100 hours on 3 December 1940, Tiger Moth A17-32 crashed just outside the eastern boundary of the Narromine aerodrome and Flying Officer Hubbard was killed. The aircraft stalled at a height of 50 feet while it was gliding into land. It was considered that the probable cause of the accident was that the pilot turned quickly to avoid a probable collision with another aircraft.
The crew members of A17-32 were:
Leading Aircraftman William Clifford Bate (254535) (Trainee Pilot) Seriously injured, Discharged from the RAAF: 8 March 1946
Flying Officer Guy Hubbard (432) (Instructor 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, 163/36/74
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line