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CAPEL, David Farquhar
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 404602 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 October 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Bingara, New South Wales, Australia, 6 June 1920 |
| Home Town: | Goondiwindi, Goondiwindi, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Toowoomba Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Ireland, 10 August 1942, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Killead (St Catherine) Church of Ireland Churchyard, Killead, Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK Killead (St Catherine) Church of Ireland Churchyard, Killead, Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Toowoomba Anglican College Faithful Unto Death |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Pilot Officer, 404602 | |
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| 11 Oct 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 404602 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Pilot Officer David Farquahar Capel 404602 RAAF of 220SQN RAF was killed when B17 Flying Fortress FK207 crashed near Nutts Corner, Northern Ireland
Also killed: Sanderson, Gordon Alan (Pilot Officer) RAF 128370 / Bristow, Ernest William (Flight Sergeant) RAF 745118 / Garcia, Harry (Sergeant) RAF 931532 / Fretter, Victor Clarence (Sergeant) RAF 751381 / Foster, Philip Gerard (Sergeant) RAF 1158929