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Flight Lieutenant Warwick TurnerPrint Page 
25-September-2020
Photographs supplied by Henry Moulds
The plaque commemorates Flight Lieutenant Warwick James Turner who was killed when they Kittyhawk fighter he was flying crashed in April 1945.
At the conclusion of camera barge strafing on the Murray River, apprroximately 3 kilometres west of the Curlwaa Bridge at the Yelta Barge Strafing Range at Coomealla, Flight Lieutenant Warwick James Turner disobeyed instructions and commenced a 'beat up' of the range control boat. On pulling out of a dive close to the water, the aircraft 'squashed', struck the surface, balloned and disintergrated.
Location
| Address: | Silver City Highway, O`Donnell Park, Curlwaa, 2648 |
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| State: | NSW |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -34.111112 Long: 141.986155 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Plaque |
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| Monument Theme: | People |
| Sub-Theme: | Military |
| Actual Event Start Date: | 01-April-1945 |
| Actual Event End Date: | 01-April-1945 |
| Link: | http://www.rafcommands.com/database… |
Dedication
Front Inscription
Source: MAIn memory of F / Lt W. J. Turner
Aged 26 years
RAAF
Who struck a tree near this site while flying Kittyhawk A29-423 on 1 April 1945
Donor : Wentworth Shire Council
Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au
