LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman David Allenby ROBINSON
Service No: 402808
Born: Killara NSW, 3 October 1919
Enlisted in the RAAF: 14 October 1940
Unit: No. 1 Service Flying Training School (RCAF), RCAF Camp Borden, Ontario
Died: Aircraft Accident, Ontario, 30 May 1941, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Barrie Union Cemetery, Barrie, Ontario, Canada
CWGC Additional Information: Son of George Frederick Greenwell Robinson and Margaret Ann Robinson, of Killara, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Sydney NSW
Remembered: Panel 133, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Killara United Church WW2 Honour Roll, Killara NSW
On 30 May 1941, Leading Aircraftman Robinson took off in a formation take off from Camp Borden for an afternoon practice flight and crashed near Alliston, Ontario. The aircraft climbed too steeply, attempted a climbing turn, went into a spin and crashed to the ground, killing Leading Aircraftman Robinson.
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, 163/158/126
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line