Date of birth:

December 11th, 1923 (Leeton/New South Wales, Australia)

Date of death:

February 4th, 1945

Buried on:

Commonwealth War Graves Brookwood Cemetery
Plot: 4. Row: N. Grave: 18.

Service number:

422628

Nationality:

Australian (1901-present, Federal Monarchy)

Oswald "Billy" Mountford was based at RAF Thorney Island during The Second World War. In the early hours of Sunday 4th February 1945 he was returning from a raid in mainland Europe, with Pilot Officer Edward George "Ted" Wicky. While attempting to land in poor weather conditions at RAF Thorney Island, the De Havilland Mosquito crashed in the village of Horndean, Hampshire. Both airmen were killed. Oswald "Billy" Mountford is commemorated at Chelmsford Place War Memorial, Leeton, New South Wales, Australia.

Son of Oswald Denis Mountford and Ivy Dorothy May Mountford, of Guildford, New South Wales, Australia.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Pilot Officer

Unit:

No. 464 (RAAF) Squadron, Royal Air Force

Awarded on:

January 26th, 1945

Pilot Officers Mountford and Wicky as Navigator and Pilot respectively, have completed a tour of operational duty.
They have attacked enemy rail and mechanical transport concentrations achieving some excellent results.
A fine team, they have never let either enemy opposition or adverse weather deter them from completing their missions."

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  - Pilot Officer Oswald Mountford | The Australian War Memorial
  - London Gazette
  - Virtual War Memorial | Oswald (Billy) MOUNTFORD
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