Reginald Edmund PERCIVAL

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PERCIVAL, Reginald Edmund

Service Number:	402671
Enlisted:	18 September 1940
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer
Last Unit:	No. 3 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Strathfield, New South Wales, Australia , 9 December 1920
Home Town:	Strathfield, Strathfield, New South Wales
Schooling:	The Kings School , New South Wales, Australia (1931-36)
Occupation:	Real Estate
Died:	Flying Battle, Sicily, Sicily, Italy, 5 September 1943, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Catania War Cemetery, Sicily Plot 1. Row K. Grave 47. Local Roll of Honour - Strathfield, NSW, Catania War Cemetery, Catania, Sicily, Italy
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Municipality of Strathfield WW2 Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Warrant Officer, 402671
18 Sep 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 402671, No. 2 Initial Training School Bradfield Park
18 Sep 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 402671, No. 3 Squadron (RAAF)
6 May 1941:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant
1 Jan 1942:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant
4 Nov 1942:	Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 402671, Emb. Melbourne for Egypt
1 Feb 1943:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer
27 Feb 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 402671, Operational Training Units (RAF), Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre, 73 Operational Training Unit
25 May 1943:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 402671, No. 3 Squadron (RAAF), Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Warrant Officer Percival 402671 in Kittyhawk FS446 of 3SQN was badly hit by flak while attacking enemy transport near Mileto in lower Italy - he was escorted back to the tip of Sicily but he was unable to control the aircraft.

He crash-landed on a Sicilian beach but the aircraft hit a bump and bounced into the sea. Army personnel were seen to help Percival out of the aircraft, but he died of his wounds the same night.

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