HOWARD, George Hector
| Service Numbers: | 271512, 271521 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 17 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | No. 1 Service Flying Training School |
| Born: | 11 July 1903, place not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Childers, Bundaberg, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Aircraft accident, Werribee, Victoria, Australia, Werribee, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 10 August 1943, aged 40 years |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria 2.S.D.7, Springvale War Cemetery, Springvale, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 271512 | |
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| 17 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 1 Service Flying Training School | |
| Date unknown: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 271521 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of William George Broom Howard and Edith Howard
Husband of May Howard of Murrumbeena, Victoria
Mid-air collision between Oxford training aircraft AS7139 and R6194 of Number 1 Service Flying Training School over Werribee aerodrome in Victoria causing the death of 4 airmen and severe injuries to a 5th:
Flying Officer Alfred Jack Allen 408615 (cremated - Springvale)
Leading Aircraftman Arthur Austin Hughes 20775 (buried at Geelong Eastern Cemetery)
Leading Aircraftman Dallas William Lynch 432063 (Springvale War Cemetery)
Flight Lieutenant George Hector Howard 271512 (Springvale War Cemetery)
Leading Aircraftman John Glen Legoe 432525 was discharged from the RAAF in January 1945 while still on the posted strength of Number 3 RAAF Hospital
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