Lindsay Joseph ODGERS

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ODGERS, Lindsay Joseph

Service Number:	417595
Enlisted:	9 June 1942
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer
Last Unit:	No. 214 Squadron (RAF)
Born:	Angaston, South Australia, 21 February 1924
Home Town:	Angaston, Barossa, South Australia
Schooling:	Nuriootpa High School
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Flying Battle, Norfolk, England, England, United Kingdom, 4 March 1945, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Cambridge City Cemetery, United Kingdom Grave 15363, Cambridge City Cemetery, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Angaston District WW2 Roll of Honour, Angaston War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Nuriootpa High School WW2 Memorial

World War 2 Service

9 Jun 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 417595, Adelaide
9 Jun 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 417595
4 Mar 1945:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 417595, No. 214 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Warrant Officer Lindsay Joseph Odgers 417595 RAAF of 214SQN RAF was killed when B17 Flying Fortress HB815 crashed in Norfolk, England

Also killed: Bennett, Harry (Flying Officer) DFC RAF 190245 / Barnfield, Harry (Flight Sergeant) RAF 1059973 / Briddon, William (Flight Sergeant) RAF 1817057 / Hares, Frank (Flight Sergeant) DFM RAF 1581827 / Hadder, Leslie Arnold (Flight Sergeant) RAF 1804649 / Healy, Patrick James (Sergeant) RAF 1300369 / Billington, Leslie Ernest (Sergeant) RAF 2205644

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