FOSKETT, Russell George
| Service Number: | 402652 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 September 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Squadron Leader |
| Last Unit: | Aircrew Training Units |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 7 May 1917 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Greece, 31 October 1944, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Malta Memorial, Malta Panel 16 Col 1 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Malta Memorial, Floriana |
World War 2 Service
| 18 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 402652, Aircrew Training Units | |
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| 18 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Squadron Leader, 402652 | |
| 31 Oct 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Squadron Leader, 402652, Middle East / Mediterranean Theatre, No. 94 Squadron RAF - research req to raise the unit entry |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
POSTHUMOUS AWARD
Squadron-leader R. G. Foskett.
D.F.C, of Roseville, has been posthumously awarded the O.B.E. for outstanding service during the recent reoccupation of Greece by British forces. Squadron-Leader Foskett, who was in command of a Spitfire squadron, was returning from operations over Athens when his damaged plane was forced down into the sea. His body was recovered by a British aircraft carrier.
His brother, Flying-Officer B. W. Foskett, was killed last February when the Halifax of which he was navigator was shot down over Berlin.
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Squadron Leader Russell George Foskett 402652 OBE DFC was killed in the loss of Spitfire VB AER489 of 94SQN RAF in Greece - he has an entry in the book "Aces High" by Christopher Shores
He is commemorated on the Malta Memorial
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