ADAMS, Phillip Paul
| Service Number: | 407704 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 January 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Operational Training Units (RAF) |
| Born: | Mount Pleasant, South Australia, 24 November 1921 |
| Home Town: | Clare, Clare and Gilbert Valleys, South Australia |
| Schooling: | St Peters College, Hackney & Adelaide University, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Student |
| Died: | Air Combat Operations, Malta, Mediterranean Sea, 16 July 1942, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Runnymede Memorial -Panel 111 Roll of Honour Clare South Australia |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Clare and District WW2 Roll of Honour, Hackney St Peter's College WW2 Honour Roll, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Magill St. George's Church Roll of Honour WW2, Runnymede Memorial, St Peters All Souls Anglican Church Stained Glass Window WW2 |
Biography
10 ADU
Rank - Flight Sergeant
Qualified to fly Anson planes
Son of the Revd. Roland Vere Smith ADAMS and Nina Howell QUINEY, of Payneham, South Australia
Studied, English, Maths 1&2, Greek, History, Latin at Intermediate level (Year 11) school
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Phillip died in air combat over Malta. Operational Training Units sucha No. 13 Operational Training RAF were responsible for the final stages of aircrew training prior to assignment to a squadron but they were often necessarily engaged in combat operations as crews undertook the final phases of their training.
No. 13 Operational Training Unit RAF (13 OTU) was formed in April 1940 as part of No. 6 Group RAF Bomber Command at RAF Bicester to train Bristol Blenheim light day bomber aircrew. Quite why its aircraft were operating over Malta is not yet clear.
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