Norman Henry KOBELKE DFC

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KOBELKE, Norman Henry

Service Number:	404343
Enlisted:	16 August 1940
Last Rank:	Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit:	No. 12 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Bulawayo, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), 26 May 1915
Home Town:	Lismore, Lismore Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	RAAF Officer
Died:	Aircraft accident, Amberley aerodrome, Queensland, 19 February 1948, aged 32 years
Cemetery:	Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld ANZ 7 79 65
Memorials:	Ballina RSL Honour Roll, Ballina Surf Lifesaving Club Honour Roll, Lincoln Bomber Crash Amberley 1948

World War 2 Service

16 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 404343, Aircrew Training Units
12 Dec 1941:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 404343, No. 458 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45

Non Warlike Service

19 Feb 1948:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 404343, No. 12 Squadron (RAAF), Killed in an aircraft accident No. 12 Squadron Amberley.

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

On the 19th of February 1948 Lincoln aircraft A73-11 of Number 12 Squadron (82 Wing) crashed on landing at Amberley aerodrome in Queensland killing all on board - 6 crew and 10 passengers -

WILLIAMS, Eric Ellis (Flight Lieutenant) 423963 DFC

WELSH, Frederick Leslie (Warrant Officer) 410769

KOBELKE, Norman Henry (Flight Lieutenant) 404343 DFC

GIBSON, Kenneth Alfred (Warrant Officer) 439649

KENNERLY, Leslie Thomas (Warrant Officer) 436854

WELFARE, Thomas Walter (Warrant Officer) 437239

TAGGART, William John (Flight Lieutenant) 413041 DFC

MULCAHY, Bryan Stanley (Flight Lieutenant) 428279 DFC

GARDNER, Walter Greenough (Flight Lieutenant) 405731 DFC

GIBB, John James (Flight Lieutenant) 428597

FRANKLIN, Mostyn Lloyd (Flight Lieutenant) 406214 DFM (21SQN)

RYANHART, Sydney John (Flight Lieutenant) 14941 (21SQN)

SMITH, Robert Bruce (Warrant Officer) 19667 (21SQN)

DESMOND, Michael James (Sergeant) 25292 (ESL)

BERNARD, Arthur Dudley (Corporal) 64045 (3AD)

WORLAND, Robert Arthur John (Leading Aircraftman) 170963 (3AD) (Q232680 WW2)

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