Alan Thomas CRIDLAND

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CRIDLAND, Alan Thomas

Service Number:	260424
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Squadron Leader
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	18 October 1908, place not yet discovered
Home Town:	Cronulla, Sutherland Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Aircraft accident, Northern Territory, Northern Territory, Australia, 20 November 1942, aged 34 years
Cemetery:	Adelaide River War Cemetery, NT G.B.15., Adelaide River War Cemetery, Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Squadron Leader, 260424
Date unknown:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Squadron Leader, 260424

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of Donald William Francis and Harriet Salina Cridland

Husband of Margaret Cridland of Edgecliff, NSW

Squadron Leader Alan Thomas Cridland 260424 of Number 1 Photo Reconnaissance Unit was killed in the loss of P38 Lockheed Lightning A55-2 which crashed 2 miles west of Livingstone airfield, NT while attempting a go around with a failed engine. (info from Baugher - built as USAAF aircraft 41-2159)

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