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ALTOFT, Robert Henry
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 425478 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 March 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 450 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 20 May 1922 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | French Polisher and Police Cadet |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Naples, Italy, 29 May 1944, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | 450 Squadron R.A.A.F. Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, SN 425478 | |
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| 28 Mar 1942: | Enlisted Brisbane, Queensland | |
| 28 Mar 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, SN 425478, No. 450 Squadron (RAAF) |
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His plane was a Kittyhawk 4 P40. Lost while strafing enemy tanks. It appeared that Kittyhawk 4 P40 collided with another allied plane and both plane crashed to ground approximately 7 1/2 miles south west of San Angelo . There was insufficient height for either pilots to parachute to safety. 450 Squadron
Rank - Flying Officer
Son of Clarence Henry and Susana Altoft; husband of Thelma Gloria Altoft of Buranda, Queensland, Australia. Later remarried known as Gatehouse,