ABBOTT, Stanley Arthur
| Service Number: | 436790 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 April 1943 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | No. 463 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Perth, Western Australia, 8 November 1922 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Machinery Salesman |
| Died: | Aircraft Accident, Kingussie, Scotland, United Kingdom, 31 August 1944, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cambridge City Cemetery, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 17 Apr 1943: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 4 Recruit Depot (RAAF) | |
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| 17 Apr 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 436790 | |
| 17 Apr 1943: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 436790, Perth, Western Australia | |
| 17 Jul 1943: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, No. 1 Wireless Air Gunnery School Ballarat | |
| 11 Nov 1943: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, No. 3 Bombing and Gunnery School West Sale | |
| 11 Aug 1944: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, No. 83 Squadron (RAF) (Pathfinder Force) | |
| 31 Aug 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 436790, No. 463 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...436790 Aircraftman (later Flight Sergeant, 463 Squadron) Stanley Arthur Abbott, of Cottesloe, WA. Aircraftman Abbot was a machinery salesman prior to enlisting in April 1943. He trained in Australia and England and was promoted to Sergeant in November 1943. On 11 August 1944 he was promoted to Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) and attached to 463 Squadron. On the night of 31 August 1944, Flt Sgt Abbott and 7 other crew members, (6 RAAF and 1 RAF) were on a training flight over Scotland in Lancaster PD259. The aircraft crashed at Kingussie, near Inverness. All on board were killed. Flt Sgt Abbott was 21 years of age." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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