John Gordon MASLEN

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MASLEN, John Gordon

Service Number:	416356
Enlisted:	24 May 1941
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	No. 6 Service Flying Training School Mallala
Born:	Knightsbridge, South Australia, Australia, 19 March 1921
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental, Mallala, South Australia, Mallala, South Australia, Australia, 14 October 1941, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Cheltenham Cemetery, South Australia Section: L Drive: C Path: 11(22) Site Number: 401N, Port Adelaide and Suburban Cemetery, Cheltenham, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mallala Ansons W2254 and W2257 Crash Site

World War 2 Service

24 May 1941:	Involvement 416356
24 May 1941:	Enlisted Adelaide
24 May 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 416356
14 Oct 1941:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 416356, No. 6 Service Flying Training School Mallala
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Mid-Air collision of Avro Anson W2254 & W2257 of 6 Service Flying Training School Mallala resulting in the deaths of Leading Aircraftman John Gordon Maslen 416356 / Pilot Officer Charles Edward Somerville 402680 (aircraft W2257) & Leading Aircraftman Bernard George Hutchins 408654 / Sergeant Ian Bruce Blacker 407163 (aircraft W2254)

John Maslen was the son of Arnold Hamilton Maslen and Esther Maslen of Hazelwood Park, SA

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