LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Colin Dent LITZOW
Service No: 426626
Born: Warwick QLD, 14 May 1922
Enlisted in the RAAF: 18 July 1942
Unit: No. 14 Service Flying Training School (RCAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 14 Service Flying training School Harvard aircraft), near Aylmer, 21 June 1943, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Aylmer Cemetery, Ontario
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Otto Hermann Litzow and Bessie Litzow, of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Ipswich QLD
Remembered: Panel 133, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 21 June 1943, a Harvard flown solo by Leading Aircraftman Litzow crashed at 1435 hours on the Bombing range at Yarmouth near Aylmer and he 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, 166/24/119