Norman Lloyd JENKINS

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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

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)

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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