LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Neil Danskine KING
Service No: 411147
Born: Sydney NSW, 8 October 1920
Enlisted in the RAAF: 26 April 1941
Unit: No. 31 Operational Training Unit (RAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 31 Operational Training Unit Hudson aircraft AM721), Nova Scotia, 7 June 1942, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Truro (Terrance Hill) Cemetery, Nova Scotia
CWGC Additional Information: Son of John and Havelock Mary King; husband of Phyllis King, of Eastern Creek, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Blacktown NSW
Remembered: Panel 133, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 7 June 1942, the crew of Hudson AM721 were engaged in a photography exercise when their aircraft struck high ground and disintegrated while flying in bad weather at Folly Lake, Nova Scotia, and all three crew members were killed.
The crew members of AM721 were:
Pilot Officer John Traquair Creighton (J/9368) (RCAF) (Pilot)
Sergeant Neil Danskine King (411147) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant Dermot Henry Lennon (1138701) (RAFVR) (Observer)
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, 163/133/140