LEVY, Edward Russell
| Service Number: | 433020 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 February 1943, Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
| Last Unit: | RAAF Tocumwal |
| Born: | Lockhart, New South Wales, Australia, 20 November 1923 |
| Home Town: | Boree Creek, Lockhart, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Accidental, Tocumwal, New South Wales, Australia, 19 June 1944, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Tocumwal War Cemetery Cemetery B A 9 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Petersham Fort Street High School WW2 Honour Roll |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 433020, RAAF Tocumwal | |
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| 9 Feb 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 433020, Sydney, NSW |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Edward Lewis Levy and Elsie Alma Levy, of Boree Creek.
Edward Russell Levy from Boree Creek NSW enlisted in the RAAF on 9 February 1943 at 19 years old. Joining as Aircrew Guard he remustered to Navigator and passed Course 7 at 1 Wireless Operators, Air Gunners and Navigators Training School at Ballarat Victoria and was posted to 5 OTU Tocumwal in April 1944.
During what was Edward's final training flight before completing his training at Tocumwal, the Beaufighter aircraft struck the ground after clipping a tree at the Nangunyah Air to Ground Gunnery range around 10am on 19 June 1944. Both the pilot and 20 year old Pilot Officer levy were killed in the accident.
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