PARKINSON, Colin Henry
| Service Number: | 402877 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 November 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales Australia , 29 December 1916 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Wamberal, New South Wales Australia , 31 March 2006, aged 89 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Wamberal Cemetery, NSW Sect. Lwn 3 Row 1 Plot 40. Son of Vera Dorothea Parkinson (née Bane - died 22nd December 1983, age 92) |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 11 Nov 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 402877 | |
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| 28 Jun 1945: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 402877 |
Service details
Joined the RAAF in 1940, arriving in England to join 19 Squadron flying Spitfires. In March 1942 he shot down a Do217. In May he was posted to Malta, flying his Spitfire off HMS Eagle on 9th June, with 602 Squadron. After scoring several victories he flew to Gibraltar to lead in further Spitfires, taking off from HMS Furious to the island on 17th August. Commissioned, he now flew with 229 Squadron. On 9th October, he performed a low level beat up and acrobatics over the presentation of the George Cross to the people of Malta. He ended his tour of Malta in November 1942 with the DFC and 10.5 victories, plus probably 2 more. Colin Parkinson passed away aged 89 on 31st March 2006.
Burial details:
Wamberal Cemetery, Wamberal, New South Wales, Australia. Sect. Lwn 3 Row 1 Plot 40. Son of Vera Dorothea Parkinson (née Bane - died 22nd December 1983, age 92)
Submitted 15 September 2024 by Kelvin Youngs
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