LEST WE FORGET

Leading Aircraftman Frank STREET

Service No: 69438
Born: Newcastle NSW, 6 December 1910
Enlisted in the RAAF: 26 August 1942
Unit: No. 22 Squadron, Noemfoor Island
Died: Aircraft Accident: (No. 22 Squadron Boston aircraft A28-61), Noemfoor Island, 14 September 1944, Aged 33 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Francis John and Lottie Fleurette Street; husband of Sylvia Ann Vivian Street, of Hamilton, New South Wales.
Roll of Honour: Newcastle NSW
Remembered: Panel 7, Lae Memorial, PNG
Remembered: Panel 101, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT

No. 22 Squadron Boston A28-61 is recorded as being missing on a test flight from Noemfoor in September 1944. Those missing on A28-61 are:

Leading Aircraftman Charles Verdun Bone (16961) (Fitter II Engines)
Leading Aircraftman William Archibald Costigan (73200) (Flight Mechanic)
Flying Officer James Ernest Davidson (406923) (Pilot)
Pilot Officer Wallis Conrad Glew (410973) (Navigator)
Leading Aircraftman Frank Street (69438) (Flight Mechanic)

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, 217

Bibliography:

Wilson, S. (Stewart) Boston, Mitchell and Liberator in Australian Service, Aerospace Publications Weston Creek ACT 2611, 1992

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