James Andrew MCINTOSH

MCINTOSH, James Andrew

    Service Number: 742
    Enlisted: 5 February 1940
    Last Rank: Flying Officer
    Last Unit: No. 3 Squadron (RAAF)
    Born: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia , 25 March 1919
    Home Town: Goodwood, Unley, South Australia
    Schooling: Adelaide Technical High School (1932-34) S. Australia School of Mines and Industries (1935), South Australia
    Occupation: Architectural Draftsman
    Died: Flying Battle, Libya, Middle East, 23 January 1942, aged 22 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Local Roll of Honour- Unley South Australia Alamein Memorial El Alamein, Maṭrūḥ, Egypt Col 264
    Memorials: Adelaide Technical High School Old Scholars WW2 Honour Roll, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Alamein Memorial (El Alamein), Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane No 3 Squadron Roll of Honour
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    World War 2 Service

    5 Feb 1940: Involvement Flying Officer, 742, No. 3 Squadron (RAAF)
    5 Feb 1940: Enlisted Parafield, SA
    5 Feb 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Air Cadet, 742
    5 Feb 1940: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 742
    28 Jun 1940: Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer
    28 Dec 1940: Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer
    4 Dec 1941: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 742, No. 3 Squadron (RAAF), Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre
    Date unknown: Involvement

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    Biography contributed by David Barlow

    Flying Officer McIntosh 742 in Kittyhawk AK736 of 3SQN was reported missing when his aircraft failed to return from a sweep in the Agedabia region of north-eastern Libya - his body was not recovered and he is commemorated on the Alamein Memorial, Egypt

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