LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer Francis Burton SMITH
Service No: 645
Born: Inverell NSW, 8 October 1909
Enlisted in the RAAF: 8 January 1940
Unit: No. 12 Squadron
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 12 Squadron Wirraway aircraft A20-132), Adelaide River NT, 15 March 1941, Aged 31 Years
Buried: Adelaide River War Cemetery NT
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Harry Burton Smith and Evelyn Beatrice Smith; husband of Norma Smith, of Ascot, Queensland
Roll of Honour: Summer Hill NSW
Remembered: Panel 100, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 15 March 1941, A20-132 crashed near the Adelaide River railway station and both crew members were killed. Those crew members were:
Sergeant Walter James Cox (2403) (Observer)
Flying Officer Francis Burton Smith (645) (Pilot)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/57/92