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BERNDT, Thomas Desmond
Personal Details
Service Number: | 426773 |
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Enlisted: | 20 July 1942 |
Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
Last Unit: | No. 5 Elementary Flying Training School Narromine |
Born: | Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, 26 May 1922 |
Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Accidental (Flying Accident), Narromine, New South Wales, Australia, 23 December 1942, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
Narromine General Cemetery RC Sec F(L) Grave 20, Narromine General Cemetery, Narromine, New South Wales, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Maryborough WW2 RAAF Enlistment Roll of Honour, Narromine-Based Airmen Killed in Air Crashes 1940-45 Memorial Plaque |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 426773 | |
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20 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 426773, No. 5 Elementary Flying Training School Narromine | |
20 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 426773 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
LAC Berndt 426773 and LAC Hempenstall 426590 from 5EFTS were the pilots of Tiger Moth aircraft A17-113 & A17-472 which were involved in a mid-air collision approximately 3 miles north east of Narromine Aerodrome in NSW - both men were killed, no other crew onboard.