LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer Hilton Graham WADDELL
Service No: 402699
Born: Sydney NSW, 29 May 1920
Enlisted in the RAAF: 12 October 1940
Unit: No. 420 Squadron (RCAF)
Died: Air Operations: (No. 420 Squadron Hampden aircraft AT185), off the Dutch Coast, 21 June 1942, Aged 22 Years
Buried: Sage War Cemetery, Niedersachsen, Germany
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Dr. George Washington Waddell and Thea Hare Eva Waddell, of Elizabeth Bay, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Sydney NSW
Remembered: Panel 133, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: University of Sydney World War 2 Roll of Honour, Camperdown NSW
On the night of 20 June 1942, Hampden AT185 took off from RAF Waddington detailed to attack Emden, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it failed to return to base. The aircraft was shot down by a night fighter, and crashed at 0059 hours to the north of the Dutch island of Ameland, and all the crew were killed.
The crew members of AT185 were:
Flight Sergeant George Henry Ellis (R/92181) (RCAF) (Pilot)
Sergeant Bernard Davis Nidelman (R/78054) (RCAF) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant Leonard George Still (1208930) (RAFVR) (Air Gunner)
Flying Officer Hilton Graham Waddell (402699) (Navigator)
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, 163/176/294
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line