Clarence James Harold LOFT

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LOFT, Clarence James Harold

Service Number:	3402
Enlisted:	18 June 1934
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 1 Service Flying Training School
Born:	Footscray, Victoria, Australia, 9 June 1912
Home Town:	Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Aircraft accident, You Yang Ranges, Victoria, Australia, You Yangs, Victoria, Australia, 23 January 1943, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	Springvale War Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria 1.T.A.1, Springvale War Cemetery, Springvale, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

18 Jun 1934:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, No. 1 Service Flying Training School
18 Jun 1934:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 3402
3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flying Officer, 3402

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of James and Florence Emily Loft of Footscray, Victoria

Husband of Myrtle Olive Loft of Kingsville, Victoria

RAAF Oxford training aircraft BM712 from Number 1 Service Flying Training School Point Cook was operating out of the Little River Satellite Aerodrome when it crashed in the You Yang Ranges, Victoria - all crew were killed:

Flying Officer Clarence James Loft 3402

Leading Aircraftman Geoffrey Samuel Venn 422769

Leading Aircraftman, John Stanley Walker 418494

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