Donald William BEATTIE

BEATTIE, Donald William

Service Number: 408161
Enlisted: 31 January 1941
Last Rank: Aircraftman
Last Unit: No. 150 Squadron (RAF)
Born: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 7 March 1919
Home Town: Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Illness, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 16 March 1946, aged 27 years
Cemetery: Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania
C. of E. Plot. Sec. KB. Grave 38. (GRM/7), Cornelian Bay Public Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Warrant Officer, 408161
31 Jan 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman
31 Jan 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 408161, RAAF Recruit Centres
25 Dec 1944: Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, No. 150 Squadron (RAF)

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of John Milborn Beattie and Edith Frances Beattie of New Town, Tasmania

 

The NAA hold a casualty file for Warrant Officer Beattie from when his aircraft was attacked by a night fighter while on a mission to target Mainz in August 1942

He was a member of the crew of 150 Squadron RAF Wellington bomber VX3744 operating from Snaith aerodrome, England

RAAF 406589 Flight Sergeant Paton Bell was killed in the attack but the rest of the crew survived, following an emergency landing at Coltishall

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