LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Roy Charles Morgan WEBSTER
Service No: 414282
Born: Brisbane QLD, 22 August 1913
Enlisted in the RAAF: 17 August 1941
Unit: No. 15 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit (RAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 15 (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit Oxford aircraft V3335), Wiltshire, 2 March 1943, Aged 29 Years
Buried: Andover Cemetery, Hampshire
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Charles and Olive Honoria Marie Webster, of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Brisbane QLD
Remembered: Panel 132, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On a solo night flying exercise on 2 March 1943, at about 0300 hours Oxford V3335 crashed at Wilson Park Farm, near Ramsbury aerodrome, Wiltshire, killing Sergeant Webster. The aircraft hit a tree in a position at about the commencement of the down-wind leg. A sudden and unforseen deterioration of the weather may have been a contributory factor, causing loss of control by the 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 A705, 166/43/86