MAIDEN, Francis Keith
| Service Number: | 423799 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 July 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Royal Canadian Air Force Training Units |
| Born: | Cooma, New South Wales, 27 September 1923 |
| Home Town: | Penrith, Penrith Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Penrith Technical High School and Parramatta High School |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Accidental (training air crash), Canada, 9 October 1943, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Royal Oak Burial Park, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lost Airmen of the Empire, Patricia Bay, Canada |
World War 2 Service
| 18 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 423799, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 18 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 423799 | |
| 9 Oct 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 423799, Royal Canadian Air Force Training Units, Empire Air Training Scheme, 32 Operational Training Unit (RCAF Patricia Bay) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
Hampden AN101 lost power and struck the sea off Turn Point Light during a torpedo drop off Stuart Island, Washington, USA - (Information sourced by Doug Rollins)
"...the Hampden Bomber had a known design flaw - the twin rudders were too small and if the pilot tried to bank at slow speed it would “yaw”, slide sideways and often not recover." - Peter Brand
Other Crew members who perished in that accident;
413700 Sgt. Neville Oswald WEEKES (/explore/people/651728) - RAAF of Wingham, New South Wales
152316 P/O Kenneth SHAW - RAF of Redcar, Yorkshire
151705 F/O Allen Leonard WARNER - RAF of Thornton Heath, Surrey
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