LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman Kevin Kenneth MASSEY
Service No: 439492
Born: Lavuka, Fiji, 24 January 1924
Enlisted in the RAAF: 3 July 1943 (at Sydney NSW)
Unit: No. 7 Service Flying Training School, Deniliquin NSW
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 7 Service Flying Training School Wirraway aircraft A20-590), Deniliquin, 21 February 1944, Aged 19 Years
Buried: Deniliquin War Cemetery NSW
CWGC Additional Information: (served as REILLY) Son of Walter William and Tressie Leoda Massey, of Maroubra
Roll of Honour: Sydney NSW
Remembered: Panel 116, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 21 February 1944, Wirraway A20-590 flown by Leading Aircraftman Massey, a Trainee Pilot, crashed during a solo night circuits and landings practice and he was killed. On the first approach, the aircraft’s wheels touched the ground and the pilot proceeded to go round again. At an altitude of about 300 feet, it turned across wind and then down wind, and immediately lost height and crashed about 1.75 miles from the aerodrome.
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, 166/27/381; A9845, 197