LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Henry Lindsay FRIZELL
Service No: 439755
Born: Inverell NSW, 17 May 1925
Enlisted in the RAAF: 31 July 1943
Unit: No. 2 Operational Training Unit
Died: Aircraft Accident (No. 2 Operational Training Unit Kittyhawk aircraft A29-118), near Mildura, 25 July 1945, Aged 20 Years
Buried: Mildura Public Cemetery, Victoria
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William John and Mary Frizell, of Inverell, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Inverell NSW
Remembered: Panel 112, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 0935 hours on 25 July 1945, Kittyhawk A29-118 flown by Flight Sergeant Frizell crashed about 20 miles and 255 degrees from Base and he was killed. During a training exercise on aerobatics, the aircraft apparently spun in and burnt on impact.
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 A705, 166/14/472