LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Malcolm Edward KENT
Service No: 404470
Born: Townsville QLD, 8 June 1918
Enlisted in the RAAF: 13 September 1940
Unit: No. 20 Operational Training Unit (RAF), RAF Station Lossiemouth
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 20 Operational Training Unit Wellington aircraft L4348), Sutherland, 5 December 1941, Aged 23 Years
Buried: Wick Cemetery, Caithness-shire, Scotland
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Edward George and Ann Kent, of Roma, Queensland, Australia.
Roll of Honour: Townsville QLD
Remembered: Panel 125, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 5 December 1941, Wellington L4348 took off from Lossiemouth detailed to carry out a navigational training exercise. The aircraft crashed at 1600 hours some 14 miles west of Strathy Point, Sutherland, and burst into flames. The blaze was seen by the crew of another of the Unit’s aircraft, and all the crew members were killed.
The crew members of L4348 were:
Sergeant Alfred Flint (1163046) (RAFVR) (Observer)
Flight Sergeant Harold Sidney Douglas Goss (742058) (RAFVR) (Pilot)
Sergeant Malcolm Edward Kent (404470) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant Anthony Richard McCoy (1166019) (RAFVR) (Observer)
Sergeant Allan James Wilson (404111) (RNZAF) (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, 163/132/112