SCANLON, Victor Charles Edward
Service Number: | 416131 |
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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 | |
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29 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Adelaide | |
29 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Squadron Leader, 416131 | |
29 Jan 1946: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography 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