Gordon Hubert LITCHFIELD

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LITCHFIELD, Gordon Hubert

Service Numbers:	S23072, 417090
Enlisted:	20 December 1939
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	Royal Canadian Air Force Training Units
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 12 May 1919
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental (Flying Accident), Ontario, Canada, 18 November 1942, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Barrie Union Cemetery, Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

20 Dec 1939:	Involvement Private, S23072
20 Dec 1939:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
20 Dec 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S23072
27 Sep 1941:	Discharged
6 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 417090
6 Dec 1941:	Involvement 417090
6 Dec 1941:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
18 Nov 1942:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 417090, Royal Canadian Air Force Training Units, Empire Air Training Scheme, 1 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL CAMP BORDEN
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

LAC Litchfield 417090 and LAC Peter Madden 409942 from Number 1 Service Flying Training School (RCAF) were killed when Harvard training aircraft 3159 crashed near Listowel in Ontario, Canada

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