LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Ross Wellesley LINDEMAN
Service No: 403141
Born: Burwood NSW, 4 October 1920
Enlisted in the RAAF: 9 December 1940
Unit: No. 153 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 153 Squadron Defiant aircraft N1647), Northern Ireland, 25 January 1942, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Ballyhalbert (St Andrews) Church of Ireland Churchyard, Ballyeasborough, County Down, Northern Ireland
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Frederick Harold and Hilda Maud Lindeman, of Edgecliff, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Newcastle NSW
Remembered: Panel 125, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Defiant N1647 flown by Sergeant Lindeman took off from RAF Eglington in the afternoon of 25 January 1942 to fly to Ballyhalbert and return. The aircraft had been tested and found fully serviceable before the flight and the wind was gusty the general weather conditions were fair and visibility excellent. The accident occurred immediately after take-off when the aircraft was seen to turn steeply and it was believed due to the extreme bumpy conditions, it turned over on its back at a height too low for the pilot to recover control. The aircraft dived into the ground and both the crew members were killed.
The crew members of N1647 were:
Sergeant Ross Wellesley Lindeman (403141) (Pilot)
Flight Sergeant Robert Low (817273) (RAF) (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, 163/138/72