Geoffrey Kenneth HENDY

HENDY, Geoffrey Kenneth

Service Number: 410980
Enlisted: 24 April 1942, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank: Pilot Officer
Last Unit: No. 635 Squadron (RAF) Pathfinder Force
Born: Cobram, Victoria, Australia, 9 October 1922
Home Town: Numurkah, Moira, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Flying Battle, Germany, 7 January 1945, aged 22 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Runnymede (Air Forces) Memorial, Surrey, England Panel 283 Roll of Honour, Numurkah, Victoria.
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Numurkah & District War Memorial Hospital, Numurkah and District War Memorial, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial
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World War 2 Service

24 Apr 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 410980, Enlisted at Melbourne
7 Jan 1945: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 410980, No. 635 Squadron (RAF) Pathfinder Force, Air War NW Europe 1939-45

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Stanley Gordon Hendy and Ila Christina Hendy of Numurkah, Victoria

Plane was Lancaster PB173 which was shot down 10 west of Munich. The plane exploded in mid air and only two bodies were recovered