LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant John Lewis TEDGE
Service No: 419236
Born: Kalgoorlie WA, 18 September 1913
Enlisted in the RAAF: 17 July 1942 (at Melbourne VIC)
Unit: No. 5 Elementary Flying Training School, Narromine NSW
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 5 Elementary Flying Training School Tiger Moth aircraft A17-403), Narromine, 3 February 1944, Aged 30 Years
Buried: Narromine War Cemetery, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Joseph Angus and Sarah Annie Tedge, of East Brighton, Victoria
Roll of Honour: Melbourne VIC
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 2145 hours on 3 February 1944, Tiger Moth A17-403 crashed during a night low flying exercise and Flight Sergeant Tedge was killed. The aircraft was flying low at a height of 50 feet in the low flying area on an authorised flight when he attempted to make a steep climbing turn to the right, but the aircraft stalled in the turn and it dived into the ground.
The crew members of A17-403 were:
Flight Sergeant John Lewis Tedge (419236) (Instructor Pilot)
Leading Aircraftman Cecil Beaufort Webber (439952) (Trainee Dual Pilot) Slightly injured, Discharged from the RAAF: 18 October 1947
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, 166/39/222