GRAEBNER, Everard Charles
| Service Numbers: | WX25434, 436496 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 January 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Operational Training Units (RAF) |
| Born: | Perth, Western Australia, 18 September 1922 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Concordia College Adelaide; Perth Boys School; Perth Modern School, Subiaco, 1936-38 |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Aircraft Training Accidental, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, 8 April 1945, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Oxford (Botley) Cemetery, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom Plot H, Row 1, Grave 212C Roll of Honour - Perth |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Highgate Concordia College WW2 Honour Board, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Subiaco Perth Modern School WW2 Honour Board |
World War 2 Service
| 16 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Gunner, 3 Field Regiment AMF | |
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| 18 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX25434, 3 Field Regiment AMF | |
| 16 Jan 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 436496 | |
| 16 Jan 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 436496, Enlisted at Perth, WA | |
| 9 Dec 1943: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant | |
| 29 Jan 1944: | Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 436496, Embarked at Melbourne for overseas | |
| 9 Jun 1944: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, Operational Training Units (RAF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Son of Rev. Rudolph Graebner and Doris Graebner of Perth, WA; husband of Dorothy Jean Graebner of Mt Lawley, WA. Father of Jennifer Jill Graebner
Plane was Wellington BK 133 in Oxfordshire, England
Medals: Defence Medal, War Medal
School subjects passed - History, Geography, Physics, Chemistry, Maths A, Maths B, English French, German
Sports played - Tennis, Table Tennis, Football, Baseball, Cricket
Biography contributed by Robert Johnson
8th April 1945; Vickers Wellington Mk.III BK133 ("ED-S"), of 21 Operational Training Unit, took off from RAF Moreton in Marsh at 00:25 hours, for night solo circuits and landings and single engine approaches and overshoots. The aircraft crashed at 00:55 hours near Great Rollright, about 2.5 miles (4 km) north of Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.
The aircraft landed after one normal circuit and took off again at 00:48 hours. At 00:51 hours the pilot called “practice single overshoot”, and about one minute later the aircraft was plotted flying normally at 500-1000 feet, when the engines cut out and almost immediately the aircraft crashed.
It was the opinion of the Investigating Officer into the accident that during single engine flying, the pilot lost height and noticed he was getting close to higher ground, and jettisoned petrol to gain height. Having done so he sent a normal overshoot signal. The engines then failed through fuel shortage because the pilot had jettisoned petrol and left the jettison valve open. The accident was considered an error of judgement on the part of the pilot.
The crew, all from the Royal Australian Air Force are buried in Oxford Botley cemetery.
Source: https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/194942
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