Kevin Joffre BINGHAM

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BINGHAM, Kevin Joffre

Service Number:	426027
Enlisted:	23 May 1942
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia, 9 June 1923
Home Town:	Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Downlands Sacred Heart College, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Flying Battle, Italy, 17 February 1944, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Bari War Cemetery Collective grave XV. A. 28-32
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW2, Toowoomba WW2 Roll of Honour Book, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial)

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Sergeant, 426027
23 May 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 426027

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Flight Sergeant Andrew Charles Anderson 414634 (Captain - Pilot) and Flight Sergeant Kevin Joffre Bingham 426027 (Navigator) were killed in the loss of Wellington 10 LN334 of 104 SQN RAF

The aircraft crashed two miles from Foggia Main aerodrome in Italy and all on board were killed - Sergeant R S Scott RAF (Air Bomber) / Sergeant H J Morgan RAF (Wireless Air Gunner) / Sergeant E E Betteridge RAF (Air Gunner)

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