Ally Cecil Clifton (Bink) DAVIES

DAVIES, Ally Cecil Clifton

    Service Number: 406124
    Enlisted: 15 August 1940, Enlisted at Perth, WA
    Last Rank: Flying Officer
    Last Unit: No. 75 Squadron (RAAF)
    Born: Gnowangerup, Western Australia, Australia, 24 January 1921
    Home Town: Perth, Western Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Clerk
    Died: Flying Battle, Off Lae, New Guinea, 13 April 1942, aged 21 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave Panel 6, Lae Memorial,
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lae Memorial
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    World War 2 Service

    3 Sep 1939: Involvement Flying Officer, 406124
    15 Aug 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 406124, No. 75 Squadron (RAAF), Enlisted at Perth, WA

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    Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts

    Son of Rowland Botterrill Davies and Ethel Rose Cecil Davies; husband of Joan Olive Davies of Ascot, QLD

    Plane was Kittyhawk A.29-15 was one of nine Kittyhawk's which were escorting bombers to bomb an enemy tanker off Lae. The plane came under attack from Japanese Zeros and was seen to perform and steep turn at 5000 feet then go into a spin and that the plane was still in a spin at 3000 feet. No wreckage was ever found and it is presumed that it crashed into the sea. 

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