PARKER, Herbert Gordon

Died: Aircraft Accident: (No. 24 Squadron Liberator aircraft A72-80), Vansittart Bay WA, 23 March 1945, Aged 25 Years. The crew members of A72-80 were: Flight Sergeant Harry James Boyd (427775) (Second Pilot) Warrant Officer William Richard Flanagan (401748) (Wireless Operator Air) Flying Officer John Wilson Hursthouse (416215) (Wireless Operator Air) Corporal Douglas William Madden (36484) (Instrument Maker) Flight Sergeant Ronald Malcolm Morris (46563) (Flight Engineer) Warrant Officer Herbert Gordon Parker (408591) (Wireless Operator Air) Flight Lieutenant Charles David Parry-Okeden (404485) (BLO) Flight Sergeant William Anthony Jordan Rodgers (436889) (Air Gunner) Flight Sergeant John Richmond Ryan (422716) (Air Gunner) Squadron Leader Nathaniel Herbert Straus MID (250759) (Pilot) Sergeant Alexander Douglas Whitehead (121592) (Armourer / Air Gunner) Flying Officer Raymond Allenby Whiting (426733) (Navigator Bomb Aimer) The loss of these 12 young men is the highest ever loss of life in an Australian military aircraft accident in Western Australia.

Last Name
PARKER
Given Names
Herbert Gordon
Service Number
408591
Date of Birth
13/02/1920
Birth Location
Ballarat VIC
Enlistment Date
27/04/1941
Enlistment Location
Melbourne
1Wags Start Date
29/05/1941
Course Details
WAGS Course 14
Intake Date
29/05/1941
Finish Date
15/12/1941
To
1 BAGS
Kill Date or Discharge Date
23/03/1945 (Killed)
Discharge Unit
24 SQN
Rank
Warrant Officer
Operations
Air ops. Vansittart Bay Australia
Date of Death
23/03/1945
Age
25
Cemetery / Memorial
Northern Territory Memorial Australia
Medals
AIr Gunners badge 1939-45 Star Ribbon Pacific Star War medal 1939-45 War medal
Notes

Died: Aircraft Accident: (No. 24 Squadron Liberator aircraft A72-80), Vansittart Bay WA, 23 March 1945, Aged 25 Years. The crew members of A72-80 were: Flight Sergeant Harry James Boyd (427775) (Second Pilot) Warrant Officer William Richard Flanagan (401748) (Wireless Operator Air) Flying Officer John Wilson Hursthouse (416215) (Wireless Operator Air) Corporal Douglas William Madden (36484) (Instrument Maker) Flight Sergeant Ronald Malcolm Morris (46563) (Flight Engineer) Warrant Officer Herbert Gordon Parker (408591) (Wireless Operator Air) Flight Lieutenant Charles David Parry-Okeden (404485) (BLO) Flight Sergeant William Anthony Jordan Rodgers (436889) (Air Gunner) Flight Sergeant John Richmond Ryan (422716) (Air Gunner) Squadron Leader Nathaniel Herbert Straus MID (250759) (Pilot) Sergeant Alexander Douglas Whitehead (121592) (Armourer / Air Gunner) Flying Officer Raymond Allenby Whiting (426733) (Navigator Bomb Aimer) The loss of these 12 young men is the highest ever loss of life in an Australian military aircraft accident in Western Australia.

Posting on Death
24 Squadron
NAA Status
DIGITIZED
1 WAGS PARKER Herbert Gordon - 408591 1st Front left

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