MID-AIR COLLISION OF TWO BOOMERANGS
WEST OF MILDURA
ON 1 JUNE 1944
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On 1 June 1944, two RAAF Boomerangs of 2 Operational Training Unit (2 OTU) at Mildura collided in mid-air west of Mildura in Victoria. Both pilots were killed:-
Boomerang A46-14
Flying Officer Roger Byrne
Boomerang A46-44
Flying Officer Alfred Sydney Knapman
Recent photograph of the remains of Boomerang A46-14 |
The following information is from the Commonwealth War Graves site:-
In Memory of
ROGER BYRNE
Flying Officer
419791
Royal Australian Air Force
who died on
Thursday, 1st June 1944. Age 26.
Son of Richard Thomas Patrick and Mary Byrne, of Albert Park
Cemetery: MILDURA PUBLIC CEMETERY, Victoria,
Australia
Grave Reference/Panel Number: . Plot C. Row B. Grave ll.
In Memory of
ALFRED SYDNEY KNAPMAN
Flying Officer
400806
Royal Australian Air Force
who died on
Thursday, 1st June 1944. Age 26.
Son of Alfred Edgar and Constance Lena Knapman-husband of Florence Joy Knapman, of East Kew.
Cemetery: MILDURA PUBLIC CEMETERY, Victoria,
Australia
Grave Reference/Panel Number: Plot C. Row B. Grave 8.
Can anyone help me with more information on this crash?
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I'd like to thank Rick Hanning of Churchill, Victoria for the above information on this accident.
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