LEST WE FORGET

Pilot Officer Robert Trevor VINCENT

Service No: Unknown
Born: Binnum SA, 17 September 1898
Enlisted in the RAAF: 16 October 1939 (at Melbourne VIC)
Unit: No. 1 Flying Training School, RAAF Station Point Cook VIC
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 1 Flying Training School Tiger Moth aircraft A7-62), near Point Cook, 29 November 1939, Aged 41 Years
Buried: Barrabool Hills Cemetery VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Robert and Leslie Vincent, husband of Ella Mary Vincent, of South Yarra
Roll of Honour: Broadford VIC
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT

Pilot Officer Vincent served in the AIF in World War I.

On 29 November 1939, Tiger Moth A7-62 crashed into the ground inverted near Point Cook after the wing collapsed and the crew of two was killed.

The crew members of A7-62 were:

Pilot Officer Robert Trevor Vincent (Instructor Pilot)
Pilot Officer James Richard Whitford (Trainee 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 A9300, VINCENT R T

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