COWARD, Ivan Fernley
| Service Number: | 416415 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 June 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 24 January 1911 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 2 Service
| 23 Jun 1941: | Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 416415 | |
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| 23 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA | |
| 23 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 416415 | |
| 13 Feb 1946: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Flying Officer Ivan Fernley Coward 416415 was injured when RAAF Liberator A72-88 of Number 24 Squadron crashed two miles west of Fenton airstrip, NT as it returned from an attack mission on Japanese shipping.
Flight Lieutenant John Richard Parkinson 411371 and Flying Officer John Macpherson Pitt 401830 were killed
The rest of the crew survived the crash: Sergeant Ernest William Jennings 443957 / Flight Lieutenant Victor Charles Edward Scanlon 416131 / Flying Officer Arthur Aram Cambridge 406750 / Warrant Officer Fredrick Crawford 425611 (A11367 - served until 1965) / Pilot Officer Geoffrey Wallace Rhodes 413253 / Pilot Officer Geoffrey Neil Johnson 416767 / Sergeant Ernest Lancelot Francis 442341 / Flight Sergeant Allen George Cullen 19835