LEST WE FORGET
Warrant Officer Reginald Edward MUDIE
Service No: 403875
Born: Sydney NSW, 28 December 1917
Enlisted in the RAAF: 4 March 1941
Unit: RAF Transport Command
Died: Aircraft Accident (Marauder aircraft FK129), off Puerto Rico, 22 June 1943, Aged 25 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Mrs. M. A. Mudie, of Kings Cross, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 3, Column 1, Ottawa Memorial, Ontario, Canada
Remembered: Panel 133, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1530 hours on 22 June 1943 Marauder FK129 of RAF Transport Command crashed at sea 35 miles west of Borinquen, and 15 miles north west of Deschow Island, Puerto Rico. Searches were made over many days but no trace of the missing crew or items of equipment was found, but an oil slick was reported. In 1949 it was recorded that the missing crew had lost their lives at sea.
The crew members of FK129 were:
Mr Burton Craig Millar (Pilot) (US Civilian)
Mr Lowell Luther Burchfield (First Officer) (US Civilian)
Warrant Officer Reginald Edward Mudie (403875) (Observer)
Mr Philip Arthur Vickery (Radio Operator) (Canadian Civilian)
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, 166/28/107
Bibliography:
Christie, C.A. (Carl Andrew) Ocean Bridge: The History of RAF Ferry Command, University of Toronto Press Toronto Canada, 1995