LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer Harry Alfred STEVENS
Service No: 414096
Born: Warwick QLD, 21 January 1913
Enlisted in the RAAF: 20 July 1941
Unit: No. 20 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit (RAF), RAF Station Kidlington
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 20 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit Oxford aircraft MP454), Oxfordshire, 15 July 1943, Aged 30 Years
Buried: Oxford (Botley) Cemetery, Oxfordshire
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Harry Charles Rhead Stevens and Margaret Stevens; husband of Flora Jean Hall Stevens, of West Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Toowoomba QLD
Remembered: Panel 130, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 15 July 1943, Oxford MP454 took off from Kidlington on a non-operational night flight and crashed at 0300 hours near Steeple Barton and both crew members were killed. The aircraft was detailed to carry out precision flying with Sergeant Hart receiving dual instruction.
The crew members of MP454 were:
Sergeant James Herbert Hart (15614) (Pilot under instruction)
Flying Officer Harry Alfred Stevens (414096) (Instructor Pilot)
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, 166/38/201