LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Cyril Frans PLISCH
Service No: 405960
Born: Adelaide SA, 7 March 1914
Enlisted in the RAAF: 21 July 1941 (at Brisbane QLD)
Unit: No. 10 Elementary Flying Training School, Temora NSW
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 10 Elementary Flying Training School Tiger Moth aircraft A17-433), near Temora NSW, 10 March 1943, Aged 29 Years
Buried: Temora General Cemetery, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Gus and Maud Plisch; husband of Dorothy Plisch, of North Sydney
Roll of Honour: Brisbane QLD
Remembered: Panel 116, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1015 hours on 10 March 1943, Tiger Moth A17-433 crashed approximately seven miles south east of the Temora aerodrome in a paddock on the property of Mr Vogele at “Malkeith”. Both the crew members were killed.
The crew members of A17-433 were:
Leading Aircraftman Frank Lloyd Brooker (423614) (Trainee Pilot)
Sergeant Cyril Frans Plisch (405960) (Instructor 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, 166/32/50; A9845, 44