Henry Bennett Langman JOHNS

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JOHNS, Henry Bennett Langman

Service Number:	407122
Enlisted:	22 June 1940
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 32 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 11 March 1915
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Wool Classer
Died:	Accidental (Flying Accident), Camden, New South Wales, Australia, 26 January 1943, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Camden War Cemetery Plot E Row A Grave 12, Camden War Cemetery, Camden, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials:	Adelaide Pulteney Grammar School WW2 Honour Roll, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

22 Jun 1940:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 407122
22 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Adelaide
22 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 407122
26 Jan 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 407122, No. 32 Squadron (RAAF)

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Thomas Edwin (1876~1924) and Ada Kate (McConvill) Johns (1883~23.10.1952) of Magill South Aust

32SQN Lockheed Hudson A16-152 (info from Baugher - USAF aircraft #41-23222) crashed at The Oaks auxiliary airfield south-west of Camden while on a cross-country training flight - all crew onboard were killed: Flight Sergeant Scott 402996 (Pilot) / Flight Sergeant Johns 407122 (Navigator) / Flight Sergeant Pearson 402978 (W/T Operator) / Flight Sergeant Voyzey 402930 / Sergeant Lawson 412545

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