GLENDINNING, William
Service Numbers: | 428386, VX100853 |
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Enlisted: | 10 April 1942 |
Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
Last Unit: | No. 76 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Prahran, Victoria, Australia, 1 April 1924 |
Home Town: | Prahran, Stonnington, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | RAAF Officer |
Died: | Flying Accident, At sea - off Biak Island, New Guinea, Dutch New Guinea, Netherlands East Indies, 29 October 1944, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lae Memorial, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lae Memorial |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, 428386 | |
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10 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX100853 | |
10 Oct 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force | |
10 Oct 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 428386 | |
29 Oct 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 428386, No. 76 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SW Pacific 1941-45 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Kittyhawk fighter aircraft A29-346 and A29-337 of 76SQN RAAF collided in mid-air and crashed into the sea between Noemfoor Island and Biak Island while on a practice interception with USAAF 13th Squadron P-47 fighters
Pilot Officer Clifford James Williss 437187 (A29-346) and Flying Officer William Glendinning 428386 (A29-337) were killed - their bodies were not recovered and they are commemorated on the Lae Memorial