LEST WE FORGET
Pilot Officer William Bowd REYNOLDS
Service No: 422704
Born: Cumnock NSW, 26 January 1923
Enlisted in the RAAF: 23 May 1942
Unit: No. 80 Squadron
Died: Air Operations: (No. 80 Squadron Kittyhawk aircraft A29-618), Halmaheras, 8 March 1945, Aged 22 Years
Buried: Ambon War Cemetery, Indonesia
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Aubrey and Marguerite Frances Reynolds, of Cumnock, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Cumnock NSW
Remembered: Panel 104, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Cumnock War Memorial, Cumnock NSW
On 8 March 1945, Kittyhawk A29-618 flown by Pilot Officer Reynolds was one of a formation of four aircraft detailed to strafe targets in the Soebaim Village in the Gioeroes area on the Halmahera Island, Dutch East Indies. A29-618 struck some trees and the aircraft crashed and burned. In 1947 the wreck of the aircraft was found.
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, 166/35/618; A9845, 163
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line