FRANCIS, Ernest Lancelot
| Service Number: | 442341 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 19 June 1943 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | St Peters, South Australia, 8 June 1925 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Karoonda Oval Memorial Gates |
World War 2 Service
| 19 Jun 1943: | Enlisted Adelaide | |
|---|---|---|
| 19 Jun 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 442341 | |
| 24 Mar 1947: | Discharged | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Sergeant Ernest Lancelot Francis 442341 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 in February 1945
Flight Lieutenant John Richard Parkinson 411371 and Flying Officer John Macpherson Pitt 401830 were killed
The rest of the crew survived the crash: Flying Officer Ivan Fernley Coward 416415 / 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 / Flight Sergeant Allen George Cullen 19835