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Flying Officer Colin LEVINGS 406423
Royal Australian Air Force
No 512 Squadron R.A.F.
Died (accidental) 21-3-1944 aged 32years
Son of Ferdinand George & Agnes Dorothea Levings
Husband of Minnie Venetta Louise Levings, Subiaco, W.A.
Royal Australian Air Force
No 512 Squadron R.A.F.
Died (accidental) 21-3-1944 aged 32years
Son of Ferdinand George & Agnes Dorothea Levings
Husband of Minnie Venetta Louise Levings, Subiaco, W.A.
Two RAAF boys from Kalgoorlie, WA, present themselves to a BBC studio to broadcast home on a programme in the BBC Pacific Service. Shown are 406423 Pilot Officer (later Flying Officer [FO]) Colin Levings, (still wearing his tropical kit) and FO Ken Willis (probably 400427 Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Creswick Willis) both of whom had just arrived from Burma, where they had been engaged in Army Air Operations in an RAF Blenheim Squadron. In the broadcast they told the story of some of the experiences they had met with in Burma. FO Levings was later lost on operations over the United Kingdom on 21 March 1944..
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Location: 4.N.11
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Pilot Officer Brian Alphonsus McCONNELL 412021 D.F.M.
Royal Australian Air Force
No. 107 Squadron R.A.F.
Died (Flying Battle) 6-1-1944 aged 21 years
Son of James &Mary Josephene McConnell, Coolangatta, Queensland
Grandson of Bridget Gallagher, Tyndale, New South Wales
Royal Australian Air Force
No. 107 Squadron R.A.F.
Died (Flying Battle) 6-1-1944 aged 21 years
Son of James &Mary Josephene McConnell, Coolangatta, Queensland
Grandson of Bridget Gallagher, Tyndale, New South Wales
Photo: Australian War Memorial UK0446
Flight Sergeant (later Pilot Officer [PO]) 412021 Bryan Alphonsus McConnell DFM, 464 Squadron, RAAF of Clarence River NSW, at RAF station Methwold, England. PO McConnell was lost on operations over Surrey, England on 6 January, 1944 while flying with 107 Squadron, RAF. |
Location: 4.M.15
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Pilot Officer Oswald MOUNTFORD 422628 D.F.C.
Royal Australian Air Force
No. 464 Squadron
Died (Flying Battle) 4-2-1945
Son of Oswald Denis & Ivy Dorothy May Mountford, Guildford, N.S.W.
Royal Australian Air Force
No. 464 Squadron
Died (Flying Battle) 4-2-1945
Son of Oswald Denis & Ivy Dorothy May Mountford, Guildford, N.S.W.
422783 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt, later Pilot Officer [PO]) Edward George Wicky of Manly, NSW, left, and his observer 422628 Flt Sgt Oswald Mountford of Leeton, NSW, who together completed the 1000th sortie flown since D-Day by No. 464 (Mosquito) Squadron RAAF, based at RAF Station Methwold. On February 3, 1945, their aircraft took part in a raid by 17 Mosquitoes on enemy targets behind the battle area in Europe. On returning from this mission, their aircraft crashed, and both airmen were killed in bad visibility near Horndean, UK.
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Location: 4.N.18
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Pilot Officer Peter Matthew OLEINIKOFF 425544
Royal Australian Air Force
No. 575 Squadron R.A.F.
Died (Flying Battle) 6-2-1945 aged 34years
Son of Mathew & Doris Oleinikoff
Husband of Margaret Mary Oleinikoff, Paddington, N.S.W.
Royal Australian Air Force
No. 575 Squadron R.A.F.
Died (Flying Battle) 6-2-1945 aged 34years
Son of Mathew & Doris Oleinikoff
Husband of Margaret Mary Oleinikoff, Paddington, N.S.W.
Sergeant James Dwight PICKUP 401589
Royal Australian Air Force
No. 149 Squadron R.A.F.
Died (accidental) 10-11-1942 aged 23years
Son of Henry & Gertrude Mary Pickup, Charlbury, Oxford.
Royal Australian Air Force
No. 149 Squadron R.A.F.
Died (accidental) 10-11-1942 aged 23years
Son of Henry & Gertrude Mary Pickup, Charlbury, Oxford.