LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Edward Lloyd JONES
Service No: 420569
Born: Canberra ACT, 7 October 1917
Enlisted in the RAAF: 8 November 1941 (at Sydney NSW)
Unit: No. 83 Squadron
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 83 Squadron Boomerang aircraft A46-108), Caloundra QLD, 10 November 1943, Aged 26 Years
Buried: Brisbane (Lutwyche) Cemetery QLD
CWGC Additional Information: Son of David Samuel and Frances Jones; husband of Kathleen Isobel Jones, of Canberra, ACT
Roll of Honour: Canberra ACT
Remembered: Panel 104, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1150 hours on 10 November 1943, Boomerang A46-108 flown by Flight Sergeant Jones crashed near Caloundra, Queensland, during a non-operational aerobatics exercise. Army personnel of a Coastal Artillery unit were eyewitnesses to the crash. The aircraft was first seen at 8,000 feet when it performed a loop. When at the top of the loop the aircraft rolled out at 90 degrees and flew straight and level. At this stage the aircraft was then seen to dive at a very shallow angle of 10/15 degrees, yawing from side to side while the engine was “screaming”. When at about 300 feet, and
100 yards inland from the beach, the aircraft rolled slowly on its back and struck the top of a rise. It then exploded on impact and Flight Sergeant Jones was killed.
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, 166/21/89; A9845, 205