Pilot  FLTLT Roy Herbert Woollacott, 407144 (KIA)
Navigator  FSGT James Albert Sugg, 416085 (KIA)
WAG  FSGT William Theodore Pedler, 416608 (KIA)
WAG  FSGT Harley Joseph Williams, 408311 (KIA)
MIA  September 5, 1943

Mission History
Ten Beauforts took off from Gurney Airfield and attacked Gasmata Airstrip. Hit by anti-aircraft fire and crashed.

Wreckage
According to the RAAF Searcher Brief, the aircraft crashed into the sea approximately 500 yards South West of the Gasmata Airfield.  Yet according to the book "A Nation Grew Wings" Woollacott's aircraft was hit over the target, burst into flames, yet he kept on with his run and straddled his bombs across the runway, a few seconds later the aircraft crashed into the ground.

Relative
Roger Cox (nephew of FSGT Pedler)

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