Coming Soon.

SMITH, Frank Henry
Step 1: Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 430562, VX118125, V225369 |
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Enlisted: | 16 December 1941 |
Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
Last Unit: | Aircrew Training Units |
Born: | Horsham, Victoria, Australia, 1 August 1923 |
Home Town: | Horsham, Wimmera, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Accidental (Flying Accident), Orangeville, Ontario, Canada , 21 April 1944, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
Barrie Union Cemetery, Barrie, Ontario, Canada |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Leading Aircraftman Frank Henry Smith 430562 was killed in Harvard 2866 of Number 1 Service Flying Training School based at Camp Borden (operating Harvard & Yale aircraft) - the aircraft crashed near Orangeville, Ontario, Canada while on a solo flight
Accident occurred at 2230 - half an hour later another crash killed LAC Thomas Bruce Hamilton RAAF 437787