Victor Charles Edward SCANLON

SCANLON, Victor Charles Edward

Service Number: 416131
Enlisted: 29 March 1941
Last Rank: Squadron Leader
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Adelaide, South Australia, 10 February 1920
Home Town: Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling: Adelaide High School
Occupation: Not yet discovered
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World War 2 Service

29 Mar 1941: Involvement Squadron Leader, 416131
29 Mar 1941: Enlisted Adelaide
29 Mar 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Squadron Leader, 416131
29 Jan 1946: Discharged

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Flight Lieutenant Victor Charles Edward Scanlon 416131 was injured when RAAF Liberator A72-88 of Number 24 Squadron crashed two miles west of Fenton airstrip, NT as it returned from an attack mission on Japanese shipping.

Flight Lieutenant John Richard Parkinson 411371 and Flying Officer John Macpherson Pitt 401830 were killed

The rest of the crew survived the crash: Sergeant Ernest William Jennings 443957 / Flying Officer Ivan Fernley Coward 416415 / Flying Officer Arthur Aram Cambridge 406750 / Warrant Officer Fredrick Crawford 425611 (A11367 - served until 1965) / Pilot Officer Geoffrey Wallace Rhodes 413253 / Pilot Officer Geoffrey Neil Johnson 416767 / Sergeant Ernest Lancelot Francis 442341 / Flight Sergeant Allen George Cullen 19835

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