Albert Charles Frederick (Bert) KLINGNER

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KLINGNER, Albert Charles Frederick

Service Number:	425945
Enlisted:	21 May 1942
Last Rank:	Pilot Officer
Last Unit:	Royal Air Force - unspecified units
Born:	Mackay, Queensland, Australia., 28 May 1918
Home Town:	Mackay, Mackay, Queensland
Schooling:	State School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Motor Mechanic
Died:	Flying Battle, Adriatic Sea, 29 April 1945, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Malta Memorial, Floriana

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Pilot Officer, 425945
21 May 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 425945
29 Apr 1945:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 425945, Royal Air Force - unspecified units, No. 260 Squadron (RAF)

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Pilot Officer Albert Charles Frederick Klingner 425945 was killed when Mustang KH573 of 260 Squadron RAF crashed in the Adriatic Sea - his body was not recovered and he is commemorated on the Malta Memorial

Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Albert Charles Frederick KLINGNER was born in Mackay in Queensland on 28th May, 1918

His parents were Albert Samuel KLINGNER & Elizabeth BLACKWELL who married in Queensland on 7th October, 1914

He married Chaseley Helen Joyce HASTIE in Mackay on 23rd March, 1939 - two known children Paul Ronald & Douglas Raymond

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