ALTOFT, Robert Henry
| 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: |
Minturno War Cemetery, Italy Pl t 1V, Row C, Grave 2 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 450 Squadron R.A.A.F. Roll of Honour, Maryborough WW2 RAAF Enlistment Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, 425478 | |
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| 28 Mar 1942: | Enlisted Brisbane, Queensland | |
| 28 Mar 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 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
Son of Clarence Henry and Susana Altoft; husband of Thelma Gloria Altoft of Buranda, Queensland, Australia. Later remarried known as Gatehouse,
ALTOFT.— In loving memory of my dear husband. F./O. Robert Altoft. R.A.A.F., who lost his life in air operations in Italy, May 29th, 1944.
Giving, daring, enduring all, to the utmost, to the end.
Inserted by his loving Wife, Thelma.
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