GROSVENOR, Francis Walker
| Service Number: | 403472 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 January 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | No. 3 Aircraft Depot Amberley |
| Born: | Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia, 8 May 1922 |
| Home Town: | Manly, Manly Vale, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Insurance Clerk |
| Died: | Accidental (Flying Accident), Amberley, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 11 August 1944, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ipswich General Cemetery, Qld Row F Grave 6, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Manly War Memorial NSW |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 403472 | |
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| 7 Jan 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 403472 | |
| 11 Aug 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 403472, No. 3 Aircraft Depot Amberley |
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Francis Walker GROSVENOR was born in Marrickville in Sydney on 8th May, 1922
His parents were Cowley GROSVENOR & Jeannie Metcalfe WALKER
He had served previously for 11 months in the 1st Machine Gun Regiment (Reserves) before enlisting to serve in the RAAF
Biography contributed by David Barlow
FLTLT Grosvenor 403472 RAAF of Number 3 Aircraft Depot at Amberley was killed during an aircraft flight test in Kittyhawk N25 C3-543 of the Netherlands East Indies Squadron
He was killed instantly during a carburettor dive test when the aircraft failed structurally at a height of approximately 1000 feet. The port mainplane and empennage came off, the aircraft disintegrated and the remainder of the fuselage struck the ground at a steep angle and burst into flames.
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