LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant William Thomas McMILLAN
Service No: 403008
Born: Myrtleford VIC, 4 February 1918
Enlisted in the RAAF: 11 November 1940 (at Sydney NSW)
Unit: No. 60 Operational Training Unit (RAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 60 Operational Training Unit Defiant aircraft N3495), Scotland, 4 January 1942, Aged 23 Years
Buried: Haldington (St Martin’s) New Burial Ground, Scotland
CWGC Additional Information: Son of James and Matilda McMillan, of Oxley, Victoria, Australia
Roll of Honour: Oxley VIC
Remembered: Panel 126, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 4 January 1942, Defiant N3495 crashed near Linton East, Lothian, Scotland and the crew of two was killed. A Court of inquiry into the accident stated: “the aircraft flew into the ground while on a circuit preparing to land, due to the inexperience and lack of ability on the part of the pilot. There was a sudden deterioration in the weather.”
The crew members of N3495 were:
Sergeant Trevor Hartley Jones (1311958) (RAFVR) (Air Gunner)
Sergeant William Thomas McMillan (403008) (Pilot)
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, 163/141/309