PARKER, Norman Lewis
| Service Number: | 29099 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 October 1940, Perth, WA |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 5 Operational Training Unit Forest Hill |
| Born: | York, Western Australia, 1 September 1918 |
| Home Town: | Geraldton, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Salesman |
| Died: | Accidental (Flying Accident), Evans Head, New South Wales, Australia, 10 November 1944, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Evans Head War Cemetery, NSW Plot B Row B Grave 6 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, 29099 | |
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| 22 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 29099, No. 5 Operational Training Unit Forest Hill, Perth, WA |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Henry and Emily Parker; husband of Freda Evelyn Parker, of Geraldton, Western Australia.
W.A. Airman
Dies In Crash
SYDNEY, Today: A West Australian was among the four airmen who lost their lives when two RAAF planes collided during low-level training exercises and crashed into the sea off northern NSW. Victims were: Norman Lewis Parker (pilot), of Gsraldton; Sj-t. Neville Martin Tyack, navigator. Caulfield, Victoria; Arthur Curlcwis H. Young (pilot), Newcastle, NSW; Arthur George Hodges (navigator), Casino, NSW.
All four bodies have been recovered from the sea.
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Beaufighter A19-194 and A19-36 from Number 5 Operational Training Unit (5OTU) were involved in a mid-air collision over the ocean off Evans Head, NSW
Flying Officer Parker 29099 and Sergeant Tyack 431342 were killed in A19-36
Flight Lieutenant Hodges 267209 and Flight Lieutenant Young DFC 406671 (body not recovered, commemorated on Panel 5 of the Sydney Memorial) were killed in A19-194
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