Norman Lloyd JENKINS

JENKINS, Norman Lloyd

    Service Number: 409712
    Enlisted: 10 October 1941
    Last Rank: Flight Sergeant
    Last Unit: No. 23 Squadron (RAAF)
    Born: Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, 8 January 1923
    Home Town: Coburg, Moreland, Victoria
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Not yet discovered
    Died: Accidental (Flying Accident), Lowood, Queensland, Australia, 13 October 1943, aged 20 years
    Cemetery: Esk Cemetery, Qld
    Grave 819, Esk Cemetery, Esk, Queensland, Australia
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Warrnambool Soldiers' Memorial
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    World War 2 Service

    3 Sep 1939: Involvement Flight Sergeant, 409712
    10 Oct 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, Aircrew Training Units
    10 Oct 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 409712
    13 Oct 1943: Involvement Flight Sergeant, No. 23 Squadron (RAAF)

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    Biography contributed by David Barlow

    Son of Norman McLaren Jenkins and Olive Allendale Jenkins of Coburg, Victoria

    Flight Sergeant Edward Warren Cosh 409086 (Pilot) and Flight Sergeant Norman Lloyd Jenkins 409712 (Observer) were both killed instantly when Vultee Vengeance A27-73 of Number 23 Squadron crashed at South Lowood in Queensland - the A-35A aircraft was last seen in a 60 degree high speed dive at 400 feet before impact. All fabric on the elevators were seen to be torn off.

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