HAMOOD, Frank Norman
| Service Number: | 409046 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 June 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 466 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Mount Gambier, South Australia , 4 December 1919 |
| Home Town: | Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Mt. Gambier Technical School, South Australia (1938-40) |
| Occupation: | Spare Parts Salesman |
| Died: | Flying Battle, France, 12 August 1943, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Guidel Communal Cemetery, Morbihan, France Local Roll of Honour- Geelong, Guidel Communal Cemetery, Guidel, Brittany, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 21 Jun 1941: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 409046 | |
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| 21 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Melbourne, VIC | |
| 21 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 409046 | |
| 23 Jan 1943: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, No. 466 Squadron (RAAF) | |
| 15 Jul 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 409046, No. 466 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Graham Padget
Flight Sergeant Frank Norman Hamood was the son of Norman and Alvena Ann Caroline Hamood, of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He was a Spare Parts Salesman at Ford Australia Geelong.
466 Squadron Wellington LN442 took off from RAF Leconfield at 2356 hours on the night of 11 August 1943 to carry out a mining mission in French coastal waters off St Nazaire. Flight Sergeant Hamood was navigator for this mission.
Eight aircraft from the Squadron took part in the mission and of these LN442 failed to return. It was later established that all the crew members had been killed.
(compiled and edited from AWM and Aviationmuseumwa.org.au)
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