LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer Murdoch Ian Lochghair MacIVER
Service No: 435243
Born: Bundaberg QLD, 27 September 1924
Enlisted in the RAAF: 7 April 1943
Unit: No. 8 Operational Training Unit
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 8 Operational Training Unit Boomerang aircraft A46-7), near Parkes, 6 June 1945, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Parkes General Cemetery, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Murdoch and Frances Maude MacIver, of Mackay, Queensland
Roll of Honour: Mackay QLD
Remembered: Panel 112, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1000 hours on 6 June 1945, Boomerang A46-7 flown by Flying Officer MacIver crashed at Parkes when the aircraft struck the ground during a gunnery training exercise and he was killed. He had been authorised to carry out strafing attacks on dispersed camouflaged target on the No. 8 OTU Gunnery Range. One witness stated that he had attempted a stall turn at 1,000 feet and the aircraft stalled at the top of its turn and that there was insufficient height for a recovery from the dive and the aircraft crashed.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/26/957; A9845, 139