Alfred Derrick CROCKFORD

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CROCKFORD, Alfred Derrick

Service Number:	431041
Enlisted:	11 May 1943
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	Aircrew Training Units
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 5 October 1918
Home Town:	Northcote, Darebin, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental (Flying Accident), Temora, New South Wales, Australia, 29 October 1943, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Temora (Old) Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia Plot A Row D Grave 8, Temora General Cemetery, Temora, New South Wales, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement 431041
11 May 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 431041, Aircrew Training Units
11 May 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 431041

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

LAC Crockford 431041 and Pilot Officer Howard 414138 of Number 10 Elementary Flying Training School were killed in the loss of Tiger Moth aircraft A17-443 near Temora Aerodrome in NSW - their aircraft collided in flight with A17-179 piloted by LAC Peter Roderick Armstrong 430744 who survived and was discharged from the RAAF in September 1944

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