LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Ronald Vernon TUBMAN
Service No: 428830
Born: Cowra NSW, 2 February 1924
Enlisted in the RAAF: 10 October 1942
Unit: No. 84 Operational Training Unit (RAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 84 Operational Training Unit Wellington aircraft LN245), Northamptonshire, 11 April 1944, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Oxford (Botley) Cemetery, Oxfordshire
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Harold Vernon Tubman and Olive May Tubman, of Bolwarra, New South Wales, Australia. Bronze and Silver Medallion-Life Saving
Roll of Honour: West Maitland NSW
Remembered: Panel 131, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 11 April 1944, Wellington LN245 was detailed to carry out non-operational solo night circuits and landings. The aircraft crashed at 0500 hours at Rothwell Glendon Road near the airfield. Two circuits had been carried out but on the third circuit the port engine failed and the aircraft crashed.
Three of the crew members were killed and one was injured.
The crew members of LN245 were:
Sergeant William Andrew Bush (1324130) (RAFVR) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant R R Farley (1728946) (RAFVR) (Rear Gunner) Injured
Sergeant Charles William Massey (1575137) (RAFVR) (Bomb Aimer)
Flight Sergeant Ronald Vernon Tubman (428830) (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