CROWE, Joseph George
| Service Number: | 417811 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 July 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 2 Operational Training Unit Mildura |
| Born: | Alberton, South Australia, 22 March 1923 |
| Home Town: | Woodville, Charles Sturt, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Adelaide Technical High School, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Aircraft accident, Golgol, New South Wales, Australia, Gol Gol, New South Wales, Australia, 26 July 1943, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Mildura (Nichols Point) Public Cemetery, Victoria War Graves Plot C. Row A. Grave 7, Mildura Public Cemetery, Mildura, Victoria, Australia |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Technical High School Old Scholars WW2 Honour Roll, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sydney Commonwealth Bank Adelaide WW2 Honour Board |
World War 2 Service
| 18 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 417811, Aircrew Training Units, Adelaide | |
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| 18 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 417811 | |
| 26 Jul 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 417811, No. 2 Operational Training Unit Mildura, Empire Air Training Scheme, Fatal Training Accident | |
| 26 Jul 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, No. 2 Operational Training Unit Mildura | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
TRAINING CRASH KILLS PILOT
Pilot-Officer J. G. Crowe, of Franklin, South Australia, was killed when an aircraft crashed during training exercises in southern New South Wales.
Submitted 19 October 2015 by Faithe Jones
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Henry George and Isabel Grace Crowe of Franklin, South Australia
He was the Pilot of Kittyhawk aircraft A29-300 of Number 2 Operational Training Unit which crashed at the Gol Gol gunnery range. When diving at the target Pilot Officer Crowe pulled out too late and the aircraft hit the ground on the flat of its belly became airborne again and spun in from a low height exploding on impact.
Kittyhawk aircraft A29-300 was allocated to 2 OTU in March 1943 - in April it suffered extensive damage when turning across the runway the tail wheel and then the port undercarriage retracted.
Reference: ADF serials
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