LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Cecil TOFT
Service No: 426188
Born: Biggenden QLD, 3 May 1923
Enlisted in the RAAF: 23 May 1942
Unit: No. 14 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit (RAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 14 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit Oxford aircraft LX670), off Dallachy, 21 February 1944, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Banff Cemetery, Banffshire, Scotland
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Leslie Herbert and Olive Frances Toft, of Winton, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Sarina QLD
Remembered: Panel 131, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 2227 hours on the 21 February 1944, Oxford LX670 took off from Dallachy airfield detailed to undertake night circuit and airfield swing training). After taking off on runway 050 the aircraft gradually lost height and flew into the sea. The wreck of the aircraft was seen on the shore of Spey
Bay and the crew members were killed.
The crew members of LX670 were:
Flight Sergeant Cecil Toft (426188) (Pilot under instruction)
Flight Sergeant John Richard Upperton (655870) (RAF) (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, 166/40/151