WESTCOTT, Robert William
Ferry flight from Laverton to Pearce via Ceduna. Plane a Hudson A 16-144 All crew perished. Lockheed Hudson aircraft A16-144 crashed on take-off at Ceduna SA on 17 January 1942 while on delivery to No. 14 Squadron at RAAF Station Pearce WA. Those killed on A16-144 were: Flight Lieutenant David Burton Bradley (223) (Pilot) Sergeant Ronald Dow (406714) (Second Pilot) Squadron Leader Gordon Stanley Laming (84) (Pilot, Supernumerary) Corporal William Clyde Lindsay (23720) (Wireless Telegraph Operator, Supernumerary) Flight Sergeant Frederick Archibald Walker (407383) (Wireless Air Gunner) Sergeant Robert William Westcott (401557) (Wireless Air Gunner).
Ferry flight from Laverton to Pearce via Ceduna. Plane a Hudson A 16-144 All crew perished. Lockheed Hudson aircraft A16-144 crashed on take-off at Ceduna SA on 17 January 1942 while on delivery to No. 14 Squadron at RAAF Station Pearce WA. Those killed on A16-144 were: Flight Lieutenant David Burton Bradley (223) (Pilot) Sergeant Ronald Dow (406714) (Second Pilot) Squadron Leader Gordon Stanley Laming (84) (Pilot, Supernumerary) Corporal William Clyde Lindsay (23720) (Wireless Telegraph Operator, Supernumerary) Flight Sergeant Frederick Archibald Walker (407383) (Wireless Air Gunner) Sergeant Robert William Westcott (401557) (Wireless Air Gunner).