Brandon Boyce KERSEY

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KERSEY, Brandon Boyce

Service Number:	410811
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	Royal Canadian Air Force Training Units
Born:	Cambridge, New Zealand, 28 September 1922
Home Town:	Brighton, Bayside, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Student
Died:	Accidental (Flying Accident), Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada, 19 July 1943, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Dauphin (Riverside) Cemetery, Valley River, Manitoba, Canada Dauphin (Riverside) Cemetery, Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mount Martha Brighton District Boy Scout Memorial Gates

World War 2 Service

19 Jul 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 410811, Royal Canadian Air Force Training Units, Empire Air Training Scheme, 10 Service Flying Training School (RCAF)
Date unknown:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 410811

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Flying Officer Brandon Boyce Kersey 410811 was killed when his aircraft - Cessna Crane 8665 - collided with Cessna Crane 7777 being flown by Pilot Officer Glen William Monks J/23318 RCAF (of Oakmont, Pennsylvania) in mid-air.

The aircraft from Number 10 Service Flying Training School RCAF collided seven miles south west of the aerodrome at Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada while being tested for night flying operations.

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