LEST WE FORGET
Warrant Officer George Edward LIELS
Service No: 420215
Born: Leichardt NSW, 13 May 1920
Enlisted in the RAAF: 11 October 1941
Unit: No. 454 Squadron
Died: Air Operations: (No. 454 Squadron Baltimore V aircraft FW399), Aegean Sea, 1 June 1944, Aged 24 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Thomas John and Clarice Lillian Liels, of Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Leichardt NSW
Remembered: Column 282, Alamein Memorial, Egypt
Remembered: Panel 105, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Leichardt Memorial, Leichardt NSW
On 1 June 1944, Baltimore FW399 went missing believed shot down at around 1320 hours while shadowing an enemy convoy at approximate position 36.00N 025.00E. At 1305 hours a sighting report was received from the aircraft giving the position of the convoy as 10 miles south of Pholegandros. The crew members of FW399 were:
Warrant Officer George William Liels (420215) (Pilot)
Flying Officer Edward Ernest Quinlan (425216) (Navigator)
Warrant Officer Maxwell John George Schultz (410818) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flying Officer Max Cameron Short (417242) (Wireless Air Gunner)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/24/467
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line