Henry James POPE

POPE, Henry James

    Service Number: 407158
    Enlisted: 22 June 1940
    Last Rank: Leading Aircraftman
    Last Unit: Aircrew Training Units
    Born: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia , 15 June 1918
    Home Town: North Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Not yet discovered
    Died: Accidental, Evans Head, NSW, South Australia, Australia, 18 January 1941, aged 22 years
    Cemetery: Charleston Methodist Cemetery, Adelaide Hills, South Australia
    Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 2 Service

    22 Jun 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 407158, Aircrew Training Units, Adelaide
    22 Jun 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 407158
    18 Jan 1941: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 407158, Aircrew Training Units, Empire Air Training Scheme, Bombing and Gunnery School, Evans Head NSW. Killed in a training accident flying in a Fairey Battle

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    Biography contributed by David Barlow

    Fairey Battle aircraft R3936 of Number 1 Bombing & Gunnery School reportedly flicked on to its back during a turn and dived into the ground at Evans Head bombing range, NSW

    Killed were: Pilot Officer Douglas Edmund Allan 688 / Leading Aircraftman Arthur John Powell 404157 / Leading Aircraftman Henry James Pope 407158

    LAC Pope was the son of Gerald Albert William and Helen Marian Pope of North Adelaide, SA

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