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ERSKINE, Ralph Langley
Step 1: Personal Details
Service Number: | 419119 |
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Enlisted: | 14 July 1942 |
Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 1 Aircraft Performance Unit |
Born: | Kew, Victoria, Australia, 7 June 1924 |
Home Town: | Box Hill, Whitehorse, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Apprentice Plumber |
Died: | Aircraft accident, Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia, 25 May 1944, aged 19 years |
Cemetery: |
Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria 1.R.B.5 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Son of James and Effie Furner Erskine of Box Hill, Victoria
RAAF Vultee Vengeance aircraft A27-49 from Number 1 Aircraft Performance Unit Laverton crashed near Whittlesea, Victoria (Vultee Vengeance aircraft A27-92 was also lost on this mission) - all onboard were killed:
Flying Officer Ralph Langley Erskine 419119
Flying Officer Kenneth Alexander Wood 419363
Sergeant Philip West 41360 (passenger)