LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Richard Ivor WYNNE
Service No: 425401
Born: Gympie QLD, 7 June 1921
Enlisted in the RAAF: 1 Februray 1942
Unit: No. 156 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Warboys
Died: Air Operations: (No. 156 Squadron Lancaster aircraft JB113), Germany, 20 December 1943, Aged 22 Years
Buried: Durnbach War Cemetery, Bad Tolz, Bayern, Germany
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Charles Logan Wynne and Grace Gertrude Wynne, of Greenbank, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Wynnum QLD
Remembered: Panel 133, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1731 hours on the night of 20 December 1943 Lancaster JB113 took off from Warboys detailed to bomb Frankfurt, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it failed to return to base. The aircraft crashed near Rothenbergen some 14 kms east north east of Hanau and all the crew members were killed.
The crew members of JB113 were:
Flight Sergeant Cyril Harold William Cotterell (1411408) (RAFVR) (Navigator)
Sergeant George Ladly Martin (1551120) (RAFVR) (Air Bomber)
Pilot Officer John Bernard O’Brien (159672) (RAFVR) (Rear Gunner)
Sergeant Gordon Charles Sage (1292880) (RAFVR) (Mid Upper Gunner)
Sergeant Frederick Alfred Viner (1865092) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Flying Officer Peter Arthur Watts (122766) (RAFVR) (Pilot)
Flight Sergeant Richard Ivor Wynne (425401) (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, 166/44/80