Dennis Frederick John (Dan) GODFREY DFC

GODFREY, Dennis Frederick John

    Service Number: 422853
    Enlisted: 26 May 1942
    Last Rank: Flying Officer
    Last Unit: No. 186 Squadron (RAF)
    Born: Tooting, England, 29 March 1924
    Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Randwick High School, New South Wales, Australia
    Occupation: Airline Pilot
    Died: Sutherland Shire, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 6 September 2019, aged 95 years, cause of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales
    Presbyterian Monumental Section B, Grave 040 (Ashes)
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    World War 2 Service

    26 May 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 422853, No. 2 Initial Training School Bradfield Park
    27 May 1942: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 422853, Aircrew Training Units, Empire Air Training Scheme
    13 Sep 1945: Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 422853, No. 186 Squadron (RAF)

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    Biography contributed by Paul Godfrey

    Dennis self-taught as a bricklayer, concreter, carpenter, landscaper, boat-builder, and administrator. While his 3 sons were sailing his hand-built dinghies, Dennis was progressing through command and management positions with TAA including three years in New Guinea in the mid-1960s. He was Senior Regional Captain, Sydney in the 1970s retiring as a Boeing 727 Captain in 1981 aged 57, having flown 33 years and 20,000 hours for TAA.

    Dennis loved flying

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