LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer John William UPWARD
Service No: 402896
Born: Roseville NSW, 30 March 1915
Enlisted in the RAAF: 11 November 1940
Unit: No. 3 Squadron
Died: Air Operations: (No. 3 Squadron Kittyhawk aircraft FL306), Libya, 17 November 1942, Aged 27 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Raymond and Chloe Lansdowne Upward; husband of Joan Dorothy Upward, of Gordon, New South Wales, Australia. Public Accountant
Roll of Honour: Lindfield NSW
Remembered: Column 265, Alamein Memorial, Egypt
Remembered: Panel 98, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: St. Alban’s Anglican Church Roll of Honour, Lindfield NSW
On the 17 November 1942, Kittyhawk FL306 was one of 9 aircraft which set out on a long range reconnaissance of the Benghazi-Magrun road. At 1500 hours four enemy fighters were engaged and FL306 collided with one of these while attacking it. Both aircraft crashed on fire, and both pilots were killed.
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, 163/61/9
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line
Bibliography:
Ilbery, P.L.T. (Peter Leslie Thomas) (422957) Hatching an Air Force: 2SFTS, 5SFTS, 1BFTS Uranquinty and Wagga Wagga, Banner Books Maryborough QLD 4650, 2002