Duncan Charles Frederick GOOD DFC

GOOD, Duncan Charles Frederick

Service Number: 39459
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Squadron Leader
Last Unit: No. 50 Squadron (RAF)
Born: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 5 August 1916
Home Town: Brighton, Holdfast Bay, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Killed in Action, At Sea, France, At sea (France (and at sea)), 28 April 1941, aged 24 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brighton St Judes Anglican Church WW2 Honour Board, Hackney St Peter's College WW2 Honour Roll, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial
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World War 2 Service

24 Sep 1938: Involvement Flying Officer
28 Apr 1941: Involvement Squadron Leader, 39459, No. 50 Squadron (RAF)

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of William Duncan Good and of Magdalen Good (nee Innes)

Husband of Elsie Good of Worcester Park, Surrey

 

Squadron Leader Good DFC 39459 RAF was killed in the loss of 50SQN RAF Hampden AD728

 

Biography

Remembered Runnymede Memorial Panel 28 - Surrey - England

Squadron Leader of "Ye Olde Dingo Flyte" - 50 Squadron

"Squadron Leader Good Among South Australians Missing

Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Good, of Dunrobin road, Brighton, have been informed that their son, Squadron Leader Duncan Good, D.F.C., has been reported missing from operations abroad on April 28. Squadron Leader Good was awarded the D.F.C. last May. He was engaged on a night reconnaissance, and after having been wounded by a shell bursting in the cockpit he completed his task, despite anti-aircraft fire and searchlights, and collapsed from loss of blood. He was married in London last November to Miss Elsie Betts..."from the Adelaide Advertiser 05 May 1941 (nla.gov.au) 

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