Francis Keith MAIDEN

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MAIDEN, Francis Keith

Service Number:	423799
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

18 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 423799, Sydney, New South Wales
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)

Biography 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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