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HUNTER, Lionel Gregory Leslie
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 424761 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 October 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Canowindra, New South Wales, 23 August 1923 |
| Home Town: | Balgowlah, Manly Vale, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Flying Battle, France, 25 June 1944, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Bussus-Bussuel Communal Cemetery Row 1, Coll Grave 1 Headstone Inscription "IN GRAND COMPANY", Bussus-Bussuel Communal Cemetery, Bussus-Bussuel, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Manly War Memorial NSW |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 424761 | |
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| 9 Oct 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 424761 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of Arthur and Agnes Grace HUNTER, of Balgowlah, New South Wales, Australia.
Flt Sgt Hunter was killed on the night of 24/25 June 1944 when his Lancaster bomber, serial number LM571, radio call-sign JO-E (E-Easy) failed to return from an operational sortie over Prouville, France. After the war it was determined that JO-E was hit by flack bursts over the target, and was later attacked by a German night-fighter, crashing at Busses-Bussuel (Somme). Six of the seven crew were killed.