Francis Walker GROSVENOR

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GROSVENOR, Francis Walker

Service Number:	403472
Enlisted:	7 January 1941
Last Rank:	Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia, 8 May 1922
Home Town:	Manly, Manly Vale, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental (Flying Accident), Amberley, Queensland, Australia, Amberley, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 11 August 1944, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Ipswich General Cemetery, Qld Row F Grave 6, Ipswich General Cemetery, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Manly War Memorial NSW

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 403472
7 Jan 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 403472

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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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