Clayton Brendan LYNCH DFC

LYNCH, Clayton Brendan

Service Number: 415341
Enlisted: 14 September 1941
Last Rank: Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit: 82 Wing Headquarters (Amberley)
Born: Geraldton, Western Australia, 1 June 1915
Home Town: Geraldton, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: RAAF Pilot
Died: Flying Accident, Rosewood, Queensland, Australia, 7 March 1950, aged 34 years
Cemetery: Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld
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World War 2 Service

14 Sep 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 415341
14 Sep 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 415341

Non Warlike Service

7 Mar 1950: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 415341, 82 Wing Headquarters (Amberley)

World War 2 Service

Date unknown: Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 415341
Date unknown: Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 415341

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

On the 7th of March 1950 RAAF Lincoln aircraft A73-44 crashed 8 miles south of Rosewood in Queensland killing all four crewmen:

Warrant Officer Stanley Samuel Templer 442804

Warrant Officer James Henry Wiber A22044 (422337)

Warrant Officer Leonard Maurice Bradney A22169 (443297)

Flight Lieutenant Clayton Brendan Lynch 415341 DFC (Distinguished Flying Cross)