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450SquadronRAAF  > Lest We Forget > Commonwealth War Graves
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450SquadronRAAF > AUSTIN, Rhubert Mellor Service No 405169 Regiment/Service Royal Australian Air Force Rank Warrant Officer (Pilot) Nationality Australian Unit 450 Sqdn RAAF Date of Death 3 August 1943 Age 23 Son of Son of Augustus Gregory Douglas and Edith Emily Mary Austin, of Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia . Casualty Type Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference I. H. 43. Cemetery CATANIA WAR CEMETRY, Sicily ‘Catania War Cemetery - Sicily - April 2009’ Photograph by courtesy of Sandi Nipperess & Rod Brooker
AUSTIN, Rhubert Mellor Service No 405169 Regiment/Service Royal Aust ...
450SquadronRAAF > BAILEY, J W Service No 542869V Regiment/Service South African Air Force Rank Lieutenant (Pilot) Nationality South African Unit 450 Sqdn RAAF Date of Death 25 February 1945 Age 24 Son of William J and Edna Bailey; husband of Florence M Bailey, of Cape Town, South Africa. Casualty Type Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference IV. C. 7. Cemetery UDINE WAR CEMETERY UDINE WAR CEMETRY ITALY (October 2007) Photograph courtesy of Gianni CRISCUOLI whose home is a few kilometers from Lavariano A/F the last base of 450 SQN in Italy. Extract from 450 Squadron RAAF Operations Record Book Cervia L.G. Italy 25 February 1945 No. 1 Operation Kittyhawk IV - FX 578 Lt J W Bailey was shot down and reported missing believed killed. Lt Bailey’s a/c was seen to explode at 2000’ and went in, in flames at B.7604.
BAILEY, J W Service No 542869V Regiment/Service South African Air For ...
450SquadronRAAF > BLACKBURN, Adrian John Service No 403210 Regiment/Service Royal Australian Air Force Rank Flying Officer (Pilot) Nationality Australian Unit 450 Sqdn RAAF Date of Death 26 March 1943 Age 27 Son of Michael Adrian and Jessie Louise Blackburn; husband of Pattie Edith May Blackburn, of Manly, New South Wales, Australia. Casualty Type Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference Panel 11, Column 1 Cemetery MALTA MEMORIAL MALTA MEMORIAL, VALETTA, ITALY (April 2009) Photograph courtesy of Sandi Nipperess and Rod Brooker Extract from 450 Squadron RAAF Operations Record Book Medenine LG Tunisia 26 March 1943 No. 1 Operation Kittyhawk III - FL 729 One of our pilots failed to return (P/O A.J. Blackburn) P/O Blackburn’s crashed aircraft was located and his burial was arranged. His grave is alongside his crashed aircraft at Map Reference, Pisida No. 1 Sheet.E.6376
BLACKBURN, Adrian John Service No 403210 Regiment/Service Royal Austr ...
450SquadronRAAF > BLOM, George Henry Service No 420525 Regiment/Service Royal Australian Air Force Rank Warrant Officer (Pilot) Nationality Australian Unit 450 Sqdn RAAF Date of Death 11 September 1944 Age 25 Son of Pieter and Emma Hayward Blom, of Glen Iris, Victoria, . Casualty Type Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference IV. K. 20. Cemetery ANCONA WAR CEMETRY, Italy Photograph ANCONA Cemetry, Italy Extract from 450 Squadron RAAF Operations Record Book Iesi LG Italy 11 September 1944 Aus 420525 W/O Blom G H., RAAF, pilot, who was transporting pilots’ kit to the new LG., in a 15cwt vehicle, was accidentally killed in a road accident near Gualdo Tadino.
BLOM, George Henry Service No 420525 Regiment/Service Royal Australia ...
450SquadronRAAF > BROWN, Brian William Service Royal Australian Air Force Service Number 410035 Rank Pilot Officer Date of Birth 18 Sep 1921 Place of Birth SHEPPARTON, VIC Date of Enlistment 8 Nov 1941 Locality on Enlistment Unknown Place of Enlistment MELBOURNE, VIC Next of Kin BROWN, MAY Date of Death 5 Apr 1945 (age 23 yrs) Posting on Death 450 SQDN RAAF Son of George and Maie Josephine Brown, of Caulfield, Victoria, Australia Casualty Type Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference IV. G. 4. Cemetery UDINE WAR CEMETERY UDINE WAR CEMETRY ITALY (October 2007) Photograph courtesy of Gianni CRISCUOLI whose home is a few kilometers from Lavariano A/F the last base of 450 SQN in Italy. Extract from 450 Squadron RAAF Operations Record Book Cervia L.G. Italy 5th April 1945 No. 2 Operation Kittyhawk IV - FX 683 In the afternoon 12 aircraft led by P/O B.W. Brown were briefed on rail cuts between Udine and Grado again. 1 direct hit, 2 possible direct hits and 3 very near misses were scored but Red leader, P/O Brown burst into flames at between 5000' and 4000' in his bomb-dive and continued on to crash at H.466977, being categorised as 'missing, believed killed'. No A/A was observed in the area, and no enemy aircraft were sighted.
BROWN, Brian William Service Royal Australian Air Force Service Numb ...
450SquadronRAAF > PYOTT, J B Service No 542941V Regiment/Service South African Air Force Rank Lieutenant (Pilot) Nationality South African Unit 450 Sqdn RAAF Date of Death 4th March 1945 Age 20 Son of Ian V. J. and Norah F. Pyott, of Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa. Casualty Type Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference IV. C. 6. Cemetery UDINE WAR CEMETERY UDINE WAR CEMETRY ITALY (October 2007) Photograph courtesy of Gianni CRISCUOLI whose home is a few kilometers from Lavariano A/F the last base of 450 SQN in Italy. Extract from 450 Squadron RAAF Operations Record Book Cervia L.G. Italy 4th March 1945 No. 2 Operation Kittyhawk IV - FX 595 Lt J.B. Pyott (S.A.A.F.) was unfortunately hit in his dive at 3500' by A/A., small arms or M/G fire and 'went in' in flames, hitting the deck at B.678149. Weather was fine. Visibility good.
PYOTT, J B Service No 542941V Regiment/Service South African Air Forc ...
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