LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer Ivan Sidney Henry PALMER
Service No: 403783
Born: Levuka, Fiji, 25 August 1910
Enlisted in the RAAF: 3 March 1941 (at Sydney NSW)
Unit: No. 272 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Air Operations: (No. 272 Squadron Beaufighter aircraft EL458), Malta, 6 January 1943, Aged 32 Years
Buried: Malta (Capucinni) Naval Cemetery, Malta
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Henry Boys Hartly Palmer and Agnes Alice Palmer; husband of Monica Betty Palmer, of Epsom, New Zealand
Roll of Honour: Auckland, New Zealand
Remembered: Panel 128, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On an operational day offensive sweep on 6 January 1943, Beaufighter EL458 crashed north-west of the runway at Krendy, Malta and Flying Officer Palmer was killed.
The crew members of EL458 were:
Flying Officer Ivan Sidney Henry Palmer (403783) (Pilot)
Sergeant J C Trotman (931494) (RAFVR) (Observer) Seriously injured
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, 166/32/7