LEST WE FORGET

Warrant Officer Frank Kenneth SMITH

Service No: 407450
Born: Glenelg SA, 31 January 1920
Enlisted in the RAAF: 12 October 1940
Unit: No. 5 Service Flying Training School, Uranquinty NSW
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 5 Service Flying Training School Wirraway aircraft A20-584), The Rock NSW, 8 August 1943, Aged 23 Years
Buried: Wagga Wagga War Cemetery, NSW
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Frank and Lillian Ellen Grizelda Smith, of Glenelg, South Australia
Roll of Honour: Glenelg SA
Remembered: Panel 116, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: World War II Honour Roll, National War Memorial of SA, North Terrace, Adelaide

On 8 August 1943, Wirraway aircraft A20-215 and A20-584 had a mid-air collision 3 kms west of the Rock (near Uranquinty), New South Wales, resulting in three fatalities. The crew members were:

A20-584

Leading Aircraftman John Christopher Chantler (422931)
Warrant Officer Frank Kenneth Smith (407450) (Pilot)

A20-215

Leading Aircraftman Raymond Thomas Cooper (428633)
Pilot Officer Leonard Hardie White (413809) (Pilot) Killed in an aircraft accident, 26 November 1943

References:

Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A9845, 174

Bibliography:

Wilson, S. (Stewart) Wirraway, Boomerang and CA-15 in Australian Service, Aerospace Publications Weston Creek ACT 2611, 1991

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