LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Charles Joseph William REED
Service No: 402774
Born: Dubbo NSW, 1 March 1920
Enlisted in the RAAF: 14 October 1940 (at Sydney NSW)
Unit: Aircraft Delivery Unit (RAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident (Aircraft Delivery Unit Hudson aircraft V9025), Malta, 30 March 1942, Aged 22 Years
Buried: Malta (Capuccini) Naval Cemetery, Malta
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Charles and Clementina Gertrude Reed, of Mowbray Heights, Tasmania, Australia
Roll of Honour: Launceston TAS
Remembered: Panel 129, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 30 March 1942, Hudson V9025 arrived over Malta at approx 0001 hours. It made a normal circuit of the aerodrome at RAF Station Luqa, and then on its approach to land, the aircraft stalled and crashed into a wall, bursting into flame. All the crew members were killed.
The crew members of V9025 were:
Sergeant Alfred William Garrett (400950) (Observer)
Sergeant Thomas Eric Pollock (402393) (Pilot)
Sergeant Charles Joseph William Reed (402774) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant Kenneth Douglas Riordan (402775) (Wireless Air Gunner)
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, 163/156/129