LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer Allan Leslie MAY
Service No: 3229
Born: Date, Location unavailable
Enlisted in the RAAF: Date unavailable
Unit: No. 21 Squadron / Armament Training Station, Cressy VIC
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 21 Squadron Wirraway aircraft A20-49), Lake Corangamite VIC, 10 May 1940, Aged 25 Years
Buried: Williamstown General Cemetery VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of John Rogers May and Ethel May, of Malvern. B.Eng.
Roll of Honour: Malvern VIC
Remembered: Panel 113, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 0855 hours on 10 May 1940, Wirraway A20-49 spun into Lake Corangamite about 1 mile from shore near Foxhow and both crew members were killed.
The crew members of A20-49 were:
Pilot Officer Alfred Vindin Hilder (43079) (Second Pilot)
Flying Officer Allan Lindsay May (3229) (Pilot)
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 A9845, 102