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1205851
Flt Sgt. Norman Neville Dunn
Royal Australian Air Force 17 Operational Training Unit
from:Subiaco Western Australia
(d.18th Sep 1943)
On 17th of September 1943, Wellington XHE324 left RAF Silverstone on a Bullseye, routine night training flight, early the following morning it crashed at East Barton Farm, Horwood, North Devon, killing all 6 men aboard.
They were:
Flight Sergeant Norman Neville Dunn RAAF
Sergeant Henry Arthur Newnham RAAF
Pilot Officer Hiram Churchill Farrer RCAF
Sergeant John Macari Donnachie RAF
Sergeant Reginald Edgar Dolling RAFVR
Sergeant James William Hallam RAFVR
A memorial to the crew was unveiled on the 70th anniversary of the crash last year, courtesy of Horwood, Lovacott and Newton Tracey Parish Council
Attempts to find relatives of the crew proved fruitless at the time, but since then, close relatives of 5 of the airmen have been traced. Norman Dunn appears to have no close family left though contact has been made with 2 men who trained with him in the RAAF, and a lady who used to sing with him, as he was a very accomplished guitarist who played dance music and was well known in Perth.
If anyone is still out there with memories from their time in the OTU at Silverstone that would be fantastic.