JENKINS, Norman Lloyd
Service Number: | 409712 |
---|---|
Enlisted: | 10 October 1941 |
Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
Last Unit: | No. 23 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, 8 January 1923 |
Home Town: | Coburg, Moreland, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Accidental (Flying Accident), Lowood, Queensland, Australia, 13 October 1943, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
Esk Cemetery, Qld Grave 819, Esk Cemetery, Esk, Queensland, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 409712 | |
---|---|---|
10 Oct 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, Aircrew Training Units | |
10 Oct 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 409712 | |
13 Oct 1943: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, No. 23 Squadron (RAAF) |
Help us honour Norman Lloyd Jenkins's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Norman McLaren Jenkins and Olive Allendale Jenkins of Coburg, Victoria
Flight Sergeant Edward Warren Cosh 409086 (Pilot) and Flight Sergeant Norman Lloyd Jenkins 409712 (Observer) were both killed instantly when Vultee Vengeance A27-73 of Number 23 Squadron crashed at South Lowood in Queensland - the A-35A aircraft was last seen in a 60 degree high speed dive at 400 feet before impact. All fabric on the elevators were seen to be torn off.