WW2 Service Royal Australian Air Force Rank Sergeant 419465 (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Posting on Death: 32 Squadron
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Beaufort A9-350; Place - Kiama, NSW; Date - 18 November 1943.
Francis died as a result of an Air Crash at Kiama.
Crashed Into Saddle Back Mountain Near Kiama, Nsw During A Night Cross Country Exercise.
The crew of Beaufort A9-350 were;
Flight Sergeant Ronald Cecil Christie (410630) (Pilot)
Sergeant Francis Nelson Fanning (419465) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant Douglas Reginald James (418721) (Navigator)
Sergeant Reginald Alfred Sharples (419226) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Pilot Officer Harry Sydney James Terrill (419426) (Navigator, Supernumerary)
He is mentioned on the Community Roll of Honour at Coburg Vic, also Francis Nelson Fanning's name is located at panel 103 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of William Francis and Mary Dorothy (Nelson) Fanning, of West Coburg, Victoria.
Posting on Death: 32 Squadron
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Beaufort A9-350; Place - Kiama, NSW; Date - 18 November 1943.
Francis died as a result of an Air Crash at Kiama.
Crashed Into Saddle Back Mountain Near Kiama, Nsw During A Night Cross Country Exercise.
The crew of Beaufort A9-350 were;
Flight Sergeant Ronald Cecil Christie (410630) (Pilot)
Sergeant Francis Nelson Fanning (419465) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant Douglas Reginald James (418721) (Navigator)
Sergeant Reginald Alfred Sharples (419226) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Pilot Officer Harry Sydney James Terrill (419426) (Navigator, Supernumerary)
He is mentioned on the Community Roll of Honour at Coburg Vic, also Francis Nelson Fanning's name is located at panel 103 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of William Francis and Mary Dorothy (Nelson) Fanning, of West Coburg, Victoria.
WW2 Service Royal Australian Air Force Rank Sergeant 419465 (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Posting on Death: 32 Squadron
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Beaufort A9-350; Place - Kiama, NSW; Date - 18 November 1943.
Francis died as a result of an Air Crash at Kiama.
Crashed Into Saddle Back Mountain Near Kiama, Nsw During A Night Cross Country Exercise.
The crew of Beaufort A9-350 were;
Flight Sergeant Ronald Cecil Christie (410630) (Pilot)
Sergeant Francis Nelson Fanning (419465) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant Douglas Reginald James (418721) (Navigator)
Sergeant Reginald Alfred Sharples (419226) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Pilot Officer Harry Sydney James Terrill (419426) (Navigator, Supernumerary)
He is mentioned on the Community Roll of Honour at Coburg Vic, also Francis Nelson Fanning's name is located at panel 103 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of William Francis and Mary Dorothy (Nelson) Fanning, of West Coburg, Victoria.
Posting on Death: 32 Squadron
Casualty - Repatriation; Aircraft - Beaufort A9-350; Place - Kiama, NSW; Date - 18 November 1943.
Francis died as a result of an Air Crash at Kiama.
Crashed Into Saddle Back Mountain Near Kiama, Nsw During A Night Cross Country Exercise.
The crew of Beaufort A9-350 were;
Flight Sergeant Ronald Cecil Christie (410630) (Pilot)
Sergeant Francis Nelson Fanning (419465) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Sergeant Douglas Reginald James (418721) (Navigator)
Sergeant Reginald Alfred Sharples (419226) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Pilot Officer Harry Sydney James Terrill (419426) (Navigator, Supernumerary)
He is mentioned on the Community Roll of Honour at Coburg Vic, also Francis Nelson Fanning's name is located at panel 103 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial.
Son of William Francis and Mary Dorothy (Nelson) Fanning, of West Coburg, Victoria.
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