JENNINGS, Ernest William
| Service Number: | 443957 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 December 1943 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Port Adelaide, South Australia, 14 April 1914 |
| Home Town: | One Tree Hill, Playford, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | One Tree Hill Honour Roll WW2 |
World War 2 Service
| 22 Dec 1943: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 443957 | |
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| 22 Dec 1943: | Enlisted Woolloomooloo, NSW | |
| 22 Dec 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 443957 | |
| 26 Oct 1945: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Sergeant Ernest William Jennings 443957 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: Flight Lieutenant Victor Charles Edward Scanlon 416131 / Flying Officer Ivan Fernley Coward 416415 / 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