LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer Frank Terry BRITTEN
Service No: 403553
Born: Fiji, 12 November 1913
Enlisted in the RAAF: 3 February 1941 (at Sydney NSW)
Unit: No. 208 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Aircraft Accident: (No. 208 Squadron Hurricane aircraft BG992), Iraq, 29 January 1943, Aged 29 Years
Buried: Mosul War Cemetery, Iraq
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Frank Sidney and Ruby Isabel Britten, of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Woollahra NSW
Remembered: Panel 119, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Flying Officer Britten, a Pilot flying Hurricane BG992, was killed in a flying accident in Iraq on 29 January 1943.
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 A9300, BRITTEN F T