In Memory Of

RANDLE, COLIN JAMES

Service Details
Age:
 24
Date of Birth:
 1919-01-09
Service No:
 407275
Rank:
 Pilot Officer
Regiment:
 Royal Australian Air Force
Date of Death:
 1943-06-08
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Baltimore AH171, took off from Gambut III for a sweep of the Aegean Sea. The aircraft climbed to 1,000 feet and commenced a normal left hand circuit. The aircraft then turned cross-wind and commenced a shallow dive which continued without check until the aircraft struck the ground, killing its four crew members. The most probable cause of the accident was assessed as either the pilot's survival dinghy inflating and pushing the control column forward or the elevator control in the navigator's compartment jamming
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 2. A. 7.
Cemetery:
 TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Libya
Additional Information
Son of James Kinnear Randle and Orynthia Millicent Randle, of St. Leonards, South Australia. Born Livingstone, Northern Rhodesia. Entered Grey House in January, 1932. At the outbreak of war he was in Australia and received his training there before being posted to the Middle East. On Plumtree School Roll of Honour