John Leonard RACKHAM

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RACKHAM, John Leonard

Service Number:	422351
Enlisted:	26 April 1942
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	Operational Training Units (RAF)
Born:	Gillingham, England, 28 December 1909
Home Town:	Katoomba, Blue Mountains Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Flying Accident, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, 31 December 1944, aged 35 years
Cemetery:	Bath (Haycombe) Cemetery Plot 39. Sec. H. Row A. Grave 236.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flying Officer, 422351
26 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force
26 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 422351
31 Dec 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 422351, Operational Training Units (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45, 6 Operational Training (RAF)

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Flying Officer John Leonard Rackham 422351 of 179SQN RAF was killed when Warwick PN750 crashed near St Columb Major, Cornwall, England

Also killed: Davies, Thomas John (Flight Sergeant) 1416099 RAF / Funnell, Peter Patrick (Flight Sergeant) 1334825 RAF / Johns, Charles Kingsley (Flight Sergeant) 1585640 RAF / Sargent, Percy George (Flight Lieutenant) 124474 RAF / Rumble, Christopher Hubert (LAC) 1833784 RAF / Kinsman, Bennett Graham (Warrant Officer) J/93051 RCAF

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