Birth: 11 March 1916
Died: Flying Battle, Gibraltar, 9 January 1942, aged 25 years
Enlisted: 18 September 1940
Service Number: 400630
Last Rank: Flying Officer
Last Unit: Operational Training Units (RAF)
World War 2 Service
18 Sep 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), SN 400630, Melbourne, Victoria
18 Sep 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, SN 400630
9 Jan 1942: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, SN 400630, Operational Training Units (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45
Born: Gawler, South Australia, 11 March 1916
Home Town: Ivanhoe, Banyule, Victoria
Schooling: Ivanhoe Grammar School
Occupation: Industrial chemist
The Only Son of John R. Patterson and Hilda Gorton Patterson, of Ivanhoe, Victoria, Australia
Fifteen minutes after take-off from Gibraltar on 9 January 1942, Wellington Z9101 crashed into the sea somewhere off Europa Point at 2326 hours. The aircraft sank very quickly and all the crew members except Sergeant Harrison were trapped in the front portion of the aircraft and were killed instantly. The aircraft was on a ferry flight from RAF Station Portreath to Malta via Gibraltar.
Sergeant Harrison got clear from the fuselage, surfaced and was picked up by a patrol launch HMS Westcott. Flying Officer Patterson's remains were recovered from the sea and the apparent cause of his death was a bullet wound received in action. Sergeant Atherton's body was also recovered from the sea by HMS Westcott and he was buried at sea.
The crew members of Z9101 were:
Sergeant William Samuel Charles Atherton (404322) (Observer)
Sergeant Keith Herbert Jack Harrison (408018) (Rear Gunner) Injured, Discharged from the RAAF: 30 September 1946
Sergeant Edward Gordon Travers Hall (1182276) (RAFVR) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flying Officer Thomas George Moloney (400626) (Pilot)
Sergeant Alun Morris (1160218) (RAFVR) (Front Gunner)
Flying Officer John McGregor Maughan Patterson (400630) (Second Pilot)
Died: Flying Battle, Gibraltar, 9 January 1942, aged 25 years
Enlisted: 18 September 1940
Service Number: 400630
Last Rank: Flying Officer
Last Unit: Operational Training Units (RAF)
World War 2 Service
18 Sep 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), SN 400630, Melbourne, Victoria
18 Sep 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, SN 400630
9 Jan 1942: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, SN 400630, Operational Training Units (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45
Born: Gawler, South Australia, 11 March 1916
Home Town: Ivanhoe, Banyule, Victoria
Schooling: Ivanhoe Grammar School
Occupation: Industrial chemist
The Only Son of John R. Patterson and Hilda Gorton Patterson, of Ivanhoe, Victoria, Australia
Fifteen minutes after take-off from Gibraltar on 9 January 1942, Wellington Z9101 crashed into the sea somewhere off Europa Point at 2326 hours. The aircraft sank very quickly and all the crew members except Sergeant Harrison were trapped in the front portion of the aircraft and were killed instantly. The aircraft was on a ferry flight from RAF Station Portreath to Malta via Gibraltar.
Sergeant Harrison got clear from the fuselage, surfaced and was picked up by a patrol launch HMS Westcott. Flying Officer Patterson's remains were recovered from the sea and the apparent cause of his death was a bullet wound received in action. Sergeant Atherton's body was also recovered from the sea by HMS Westcott and he was buried at sea.
The crew members of Z9101 were:
Sergeant William Samuel Charles Atherton (404322) (Observer)
Sergeant Keith Herbert Jack Harrison (408018) (Rear Gunner) Injured, Discharged from the RAAF: 30 September 1946
Sergeant Edward Gordon Travers Hall (1182276) (RAFVR) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flying Officer Thomas George Moloney (400626) (Pilot)
Sergeant Alun Morris (1160218) (RAFVR) (Front Gunner)
Flying Officer John McGregor Maughan Patterson (400630) (Second Pilot)
Birth: 11 March 1916
Died: Flying Battle, Gibraltar, 9 January 1942, aged 25 years
Enlisted: 18 September 1940
Service Number: 400630
Last Rank: Flying Officer
Last Unit: Operational Training Units (RAF)
World War 2 Service
18 Sep 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), SN 400630, Melbourne, Victoria
18 Sep 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, SN 400630
9 Jan 1942: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, SN 400630, Operational Training Units (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45
Born: Gawler, South Australia, 11 March 1916
Home Town: Ivanhoe, Banyule, Victoria
Schooling: Ivanhoe Grammar School
Occupation: Industrial chemist
The Only Son of John R. Patterson and Hilda Gorton Patterson, of Ivanhoe, Victoria, Australia
Fifteen minutes after take-off from Gibraltar on 9 January 1942, Wellington Z9101 crashed into the sea somewhere off Europa Point at 2326 hours. The aircraft sank very quickly and all the crew members except Sergeant Harrison were trapped in the front portion of the aircraft and were killed instantly. The aircraft was on a ferry flight from RAF Station Portreath to Malta via Gibraltar.
Sergeant Harrison got clear from the fuselage, surfaced and was picked up by a patrol launch HMS Westcott. Flying Officer Patterson's remains were recovered from the sea and the apparent cause of his death was a bullet wound received in action. Sergeant Atherton's body was also recovered from the sea by HMS Westcott and he was buried at sea.
The crew members of Z9101 were:
Sergeant William Samuel Charles Atherton (404322) (Observer)
Sergeant Keith Herbert Jack Harrison (408018) (Rear Gunner) Injured, Discharged from the RAAF: 30 September 1946
Sergeant Edward Gordon Travers Hall (1182276) (RAFVR) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flying Officer Thomas George Moloney (400626) (Pilot)
Sergeant Alun Morris (1160218) (RAFVR) (Front Gunner)
Flying Officer John McGregor Maughan Patterson (400630) (Second Pilot)
Died: Flying Battle, Gibraltar, 9 January 1942, aged 25 years
Enlisted: 18 September 1940
Service Number: 400630
Last Rank: Flying Officer
Last Unit: Operational Training Units (RAF)
World War 2 Service
18 Sep 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), SN 400630, Melbourne, Victoria
18 Sep 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, SN 400630
9 Jan 1942: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, SN 400630, Operational Training Units (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45
Born: Gawler, South Australia, 11 March 1916
Home Town: Ivanhoe, Banyule, Victoria
Schooling: Ivanhoe Grammar School
Occupation: Industrial chemist
The Only Son of John R. Patterson and Hilda Gorton Patterson, of Ivanhoe, Victoria, Australia
Fifteen minutes after take-off from Gibraltar on 9 January 1942, Wellington Z9101 crashed into the sea somewhere off Europa Point at 2326 hours. The aircraft sank very quickly and all the crew members except Sergeant Harrison were trapped in the front portion of the aircraft and were killed instantly. The aircraft was on a ferry flight from RAF Station Portreath to Malta via Gibraltar.
Sergeant Harrison got clear from the fuselage, surfaced and was picked up by a patrol launch HMS Westcott. Flying Officer Patterson's remains were recovered from the sea and the apparent cause of his death was a bullet wound received in action. Sergeant Atherton's body was also recovered from the sea by HMS Westcott and he was buried at sea.
The crew members of Z9101 were:
Sergeant William Samuel Charles Atherton (404322) (Observer)
Sergeant Keith Herbert Jack Harrison (408018) (Rear Gunner) Injured, Discharged from the RAAF: 30 September 1946
Sergeant Edward Gordon Travers Hall (1182276) (RAFVR) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flying Officer Thomas George Moloney (400626) (Pilot)
Sergeant Alun Morris (1160218) (RAFVR) (Front Gunner)
Flying Officer John McGregor Maughan Patterson (400630) (Second Pilot)
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