STEVENSON, Frank
Service Number: | 421094 |
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Enlisted: | 7 December 1941 |
Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
Last Unit: | No. 450 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia, 11 January 1923 |
Home Town: | Balmain, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Flying Battle, Naples, Italy, 29 May 1944, aged 21 years |
Cemetery: |
Minturno War Cemetery, Italy IV, C, 3, |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 450 Squadron R.A.A.F. Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 421094 | |
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7 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 421094, No. 450 Squadron (RAAF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Henry Arthur and Katherine Frances Stevenson
Husband of Hildrey Phoebe Stevenson of Balmain, NSW
In November 1942 then Leading Aircraftman Frank Stevenson 421094 survived the loss of Oxford aircraft X7111 at Werribee Satellite Aerodrome, Victoria which killed Flying Officer White 400522 of 1SFTS Point Cook
In May 1944 Flight Sergeant Frank Stevenson 421094 was killed while flying Kittyhawk IV FX631 in Italy - his aircraft collided in mid-air with 450SQN Kittyhawk IV FX546 flown by Flying Officer Robert Henry Altoft 425478 who was also killed in this incident. They were on an operational mission 2 miles SW of San Angelo Landing Ground near Naples, Italy