LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Alan Joseph Warboys SAUNDERS
Service No: 443620
Born: Croydon NSW, 5 February 1924
Enlisted in the RAAF: 17 November 1943
Unit: No. 2 Operational Training Unit
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 2 Operational Training Unit Kittyhawk aircraft A29-146), near Wentworth NSW, 30 March 1945, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Mildura Public Cemetery, Victoria
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Percy William and Stella Saunders, of Rose Bay, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Rose Bay NSW
Remembered: Panel 113, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1228 hours on 30 March 1945, Kittyhawk A29-146 flown by Sergeant Saunders crashed at the Wentworth bombing range and he was killed. The aircraft flicked over after pulling out from a dive bombing run and Sergeant Saunders could not regain control before the aircraft struck the ground and disintegrated.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/37/1001; A9845, 6