LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant Roger Maurice Herbert JENNINGS
Service No: 404509
Born: Waverley NSW, 5 March 1917
Enlisted in the RAAF: 13 September 1940 (at Brisbane QLD)
Unit: No. 3 Squadron
Died: Air Operations: (No. 3 Squadron Kittyhawk aircraft AK665), Libya, 27 February 1942, Aged 24 Years
Buried: Knightsbridge War Cemetery, Acroma, Libya
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Horace Hocking Jennings and Celeste Jennings; husband of Esma Lily Jennings, of Goondiwindi, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Texas QLD
Remembered: Panel 98, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 27 February 1942, Kittyhawk AK665 flown by Sergeant Jennings was on standby when six aircraft were scrambled to intercept enemy aircraft over Tobruk. Enemy aircraft were sighted and while endeavouring to make contact, the formation was attacked by several Me109s from above. During the ensuing battle AK665 received such extensive damage that it crashed four miles south west of El Adam killing Sergeant Jennings.
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, 163/127/40