LEST WE FORGET

Sergeant Edmund Freeman HUNT

Service No: 403743
Born: Botany NSW, 10 October 1921
Enlisted in the RAAF: 3 March 1941
Unit: No. 14 Operational Training Unit (RAF), Detachment RAF Station Saltby, Leicestershire
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 14 Operational Training Unit Hampden aircraft AD802), Nottinghamshire, 30 June 1942, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Shelford (SS Peter and Paul) Churchyard Extension, Nottinghamshire
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Freeman and Ethel Hunt, of Rockdale, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Sydney NSW
Remembered: Panel 124, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT

On the night of 30 June 1942 Hampden AD802 took off from RAF Saltby detailed to carry out a night navigation training exercise. The aircraft spun and crashed at 0230 hours near Shelford, 6 miles east north east from the centre of Nottingham. All the crew members were killed.

The crew members of AD802 were:

Sergeant John Leonard Allison (404370) (Observer)
Sergeant Edmund Freeman Hunt (403743) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant Robert Thomas Pierson (1213919) (RAFVR) (Pilot)
Sergeant Arthur Hugh Stephens (403098) (Wireless Air Gunner)

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, 163/124/158

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