LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Andrew MacGregor WYLLIE
Service No: 412799
Born: Glebe Point NSW, 11 August 1912
Enlisted in the RAAF: 28 December 1942
Unit: No. 2 Instrument Flying School (RAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident (No.2 Instrument Flying School Oxford aircraft EB781), Scotland, 28 December 1942, Aged 30 Years
Buried: Montrose (Sleepyhillock) Cemetery, Angus, Scotland
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Andrew Murray MacGregor Wyllie and Josephine Lottie Wyllie, of Glebe Point, New South Wales, Australia; husband of Mavis Marjorie Wyllie, of Glebe Point, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Glebe Point NSW
Remembered: Panel 133, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 0045 hours on 28 December 1942, Oxford EB781 crashed during a non-operational night flight and the two crew members were killed. The pilot was attempting to crash land the aircraft and it struck a tree and was destroyed.
The crew members of EB781 were:
Flight Lieutenant Frank Horatio Gledhill AFC (87389) (RAFVR) (Pilot)
Sergeant Andrew MacGregor Wyllie (412799) (Second 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, 163/180/28