LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant William McQUEEN
Service No: 414256
Born: Ipswich QLD, 1 November 1920
Enlisted in the RAAF: 17 August 1941
Unit: No. 1 Operational Training Unit
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 1 Operational Training Unit Beaufort aircraft A9-311), near Welshpool VIC, 23 August 1943, Aged 22 Years
Buried: Sale War Cemetery VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Robert Brown McQueen and Frances Selina McQueen, of East Ipswich, Queensland
Roll of Honour: Ipswich QLD
Remembered: Panel 112, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On a non-operational flight to seaward from East Sale on 23 August 1943 Beaufort A9-311 crashed at about 1728 hours approximately 11 miles north of Welshpool, Victoria, and all the crew members were killed.
The crew members of A9-311 were:
Sergeant Howard Raymond Boys (426519) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant John Frederick Godfrey (424406) (Navigator Bomb Aimer)
Flight Sergeant William McQueen (414256) (Pilot)
Sergeant Jeffrey Arthur Silcock (426694) (Wireless Air Gunner)
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, 166/26/222; A9845, 246