LEST WE FORGET
Flight Lieutenant Raymond Harold Charles SLY
Service No: 402260
Born: Sydney NSW, 1 October 1921
Enlisted in the RAAF: 22 July 1940
Unit: No. 185 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Injuries from Air Operations: (No. 185 Squadron Spitfire aircraft BP348), Malta, 9 May 1942, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Malta (Capuccini) Naval Cemetery, Malta
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Harold and Ivy Jane Sly, of Summer Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
Roll of Honour: Sydney NSW
Remembered: Panel 130, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Spitfire BP348 was in transit from the UK to Malta. The aircraft was attacked by enemy fighters after landing at the Halfar aerodrome, Malta. The aircraft made an attempt to take off again but crashed and Flight Lieutenant Sly was wounded. He was admitted to hospital and died later that day.
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, 163/57/184