Francis Gregory ENGLISH

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ENGLISH, Francis Gregory

Service Number:	415243
Enlisted:	17 August 1941
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	Aircrew Training Units
Born:	Perth, Western Australia , 12 April 1912
Home Town:	Merredin, Merredin, Western Australia
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Farmer and Grazier
Died:	Flying Accident, Cunderdin, Western Australia , Cunderdin, Western Australia, Australia, 20 October 1943, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	Perth War Cemetery and Annex, Western Australia Plot N. Row A. Gravesite 15
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cunderdin Air Training Collision Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flying Officer, 415243
17 Aug 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircrew Training Units
17 Aug 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 415243

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

RAAF Number 9 Elementary Flying Training School Tiger Moth aircraft A17-150 collided in mid-air with A17-203 near Cunderdin in Western Australia - all crew were killed:

Flying Officer Francis Gregory English 415243 and Leading Aircraftman Donald John McCaskill 29431 were in A17-150 with Leading Aircraftman Donald Fraser 38597 flying solo in A17-203

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