SMITH, Mervyn Charles Bruce
| Service Number: | 423098 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 June 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Royal Canadian Air Force Training Units |
| Born: | Uralla, New South Wales, 13 May 1923 |
| Home Town: | Bundarra, Uralla, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Uralla Public School |
| Occupation: | Station hand/Grazier |
| Died: | Accidental (training air crash), Canada, 16 October 1943, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Ottawa Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lost Airmen of the Empire, Patricia Bay, Canada, Ottawa Memorial, Ontario, Canada, Uralla Alma Park Soldiers Memorial Gates |
World War 2 Service
| 20 Jun 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 423098, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 20 Jun 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 423098 | |
| 16 Oct 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 423098, 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 AN132 flew into hill near Maggie Lake, 7 miles NE of Ucluelet while on a night navigation exercise - (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;
21526 P/O Raymond Robert George PORTER (/explore/people/643728) - RAAF of Five Dock, New South Wales
1586682 Sgt. Peter Francis HORNBROOK - RAF of Virdin, Illinois
1318169 Sgt. Ronald Frank ALLCORN - RAF of Wickham, Kent
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