PERCY, Francis McLeod
| Service Number: | 423313 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 June 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 625 Squadron (RAF) |
| Born: | West Maitland, Maitland - New South Wales, Australia, 11 November 1913 |
| Home Town: | West Maitland, Maitland, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Aircraft shot down during night bombing raid, Hollenstein, Germany, 13 August 1944, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany 26. C. 5., Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Kleve, Germany |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 20 Jun 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 423313, Aircrew Training Units | |
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| 20 Jun 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 423313 | |
| 13 Aug 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 423313, No. 625 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Steve Larkins
Francis McLeod PERCY was born in West Maitland in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales, on 11 November 1913.
Enlisting in the RAAF on 20 June 1942, Warrant Officer PERCY trained as a Pilot under the Empire Air Training Scheme (EATS) in Australia, Canada and England, and was later posted to 625 Squadron RAF, operating Lancaster bombers.
On the night of 12/13 August 1944, Warrant Officer PERCY's Lancaster, serial number ME733, radio call sign CF-Z, was shot down and crashed at Hollenstein, Germany after a raid over Brunswick Germany. He was killed alongside his six other crew members in the wreckage of their aircraft. He was 30 years old.
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