LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Grant Charles SENGER
Service No: 418185
Born: Warrnambool VIC, 14 November 1911
Enlisted in the RAAF: 25 April 1942
Unit: No. 32 Operational Training Unit (RAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 32 Operational Training Unit Hampden aircraft AN100), off the British Columbia Coast, 4 June 1943, Aged 31 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Albert William and Annie Alexandra Senger, of Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia
Roll of Honour: Moonee Ponds VIC
Remembered: Panel 3, Column 1, Ottawa Memorial, Ontario
Remembered: Panel 133, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Hampden AN 100 took off at 1140 hours on 4 June 1943 for a navigational exercise over the sea. The aircraft sent a radio signal at 1200 hours, but after that nothing was heard from AN100 and it did not return to base after the exercise. Searches later recovered some wreckage from AN 100 from the sea, but no trace of survivors was found.
The crew members of AN100 were:
Sergeant William Frederick Barker (961519) (RAFVR) (Pilot)
Sergeant George Webb Maddrell (422214) (Wireless Operator Air Gunner)
Sergeant Jack Ralph (1867776) (RAFVR) (Navigator)
Sergeant Grant Charles Senger (418185) (Wireless Operator Air Gunner)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/37/108