Clifford James WILLISS

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WILLISS, Clifford James

Service Number:	437187
Enlisted:	7 November 1942
Last Rank:	Pilot Officer
Last Unit:	No. 76 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Minlaton, South Australia , 29 June 1924
Home Town:	Minlaton, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	RAAF Officer
Died:	Flying Battle, At sea - off Biak Island, New Guinea, 29 October 1944, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lae Memorial, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lae Memorial, Port Victoria War Memorial and Flagpole

World War 2 Service

7 Nov 1942:	Involvement Pilot Officer, 437187
7 Nov 1942:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
7 Nov 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 437187
29 Oct 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 437187, No. 76 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SW Pacific 1941-45
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Kittyhawk fighter aircraft A29-346 and A29-337 of 76SQN RAAF collided in mid-air and crashed into the sea between Noemfoor Island and Biak Island while on a practice interception with USAAF 13th Squadron P-47 fighters

Pilot Officer Clifford James Williss 437187 (A29-346) and Flying Officer William Glendinning 428386 (A29-337) were killed - their bodies were not recovered and they are commemorated on the Lae Memorial

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