LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Gordon Balmoral WILLCOCKS
Service No: 411081
Born: Glen Innes NSW, 18 October 1919
Enlisted in the RAAF: 31 March 1941
Unit: No. 7 Service Flying Training School, Deniliquin NSW
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 7 Service Flying Training School Wirraway aircraft A20-333), near Wanganella NSW, 26 August 1942, Aged 22 Years
Buried: Glen Innes General Cemetery, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Leslie Thomas Willcocks and Agnes Louise Willcocks, of Glen Innes
Roll of Honour: Glen Innes NSW
Remembered: Panel 117, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1345 hours on 26 August 1942, Wirraways A20-333 and A20-342 collided in mid-air and crashed five miles North West of Wanganella, New South Wales, and both crews were killed.
The crew members of A20-333 were:
Sergeant Bruce Clifford Burke (411993) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant Gordon Balmoral Willcocks (411081) (Pilot)
The crew members of A20-342 were:
Sergeant David Neil Cullen (405723) (Pilot)
Sergeant Alan Donald Woods (413812) (Wireless Air Gunner)
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, 163/178/393; A9845, 174
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