LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer Geoffrey William WAUGH
Service No: 403232
Born: Maffra VIC, 10 December 1914
Enlisted in the RAAF: 4 January 1941 (at Sydney NSW)
Unit: No. 247 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident: (No. 247 Squadron Typhoon aircraft JP675), West Sussex, 11 November 1943, Aged 28 Years
Buried: Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Arthur John and Eveline Annie Waugh, of Kew, Victoria, Australia
Roll of Honour: Maffra VIC
Remembered: Panel 132, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1251 hours on 11 November 1943 Typhoon JP675 crashed at Merston and Flying Officer Waugh was killed. Upon return from a Ramrod Mission, a bomb hung up on the port wing dropped off when the aircraft was landing and exploded. The explosion was due to the protruding part of the Bakelite tail pistol No 28 Mk 1V, being broken when the tail was sheared from the bomb, and the striker receiving a sharp blow, breaking the remaining part of the pistol and so allowing the striker to strike the detonator.
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, 166/43/413