Herbert Leonard FUHRMANN DFM

FUHRMANN, Herbert Leonard

    Service Number: 415079
    Enlisted: 23 June 1941
    Last Rank: Pilot Officer
    Last Unit: No. 460 Squadron (RAAF)
    Born: Collie, Western Australia , 27 November 1917
    Home Town: North Perth, Vincent, Western Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Midland Railway Workshop Blacksmith
    Died: Flying Battle, Germany, 30 July 1943, aged 25 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Runnymede Memorial Panel 191. Roll of Honour - Collie WA.
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Midland Railway Workshops Soldiers Memorial, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial, Subiaco Fallen Soldiers Memorial
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    World War 2 Service

    3 Sep 1939: Involvement Pilot Officer, 415079
    23 Jun 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 415079, No. 5 Initial Training School Pearce
    23 Jun 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 415079
    23 Jun 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 415079
    13 Sep 1941: Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman
    18 Sep 1941: Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, No. 9 Elementary Flying Training School Cunderdin
    17 Nov 1941: Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, No. 4 Service Flying Training School Geraldton
    2 Apr 1942: Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, No. 4 Service Flying Training School Geraldton
    4 Apr 1942: Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 5 Embarkation Depot (Perth)
    24 Apr 1942: Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 2 Embarkation Depot, Bradfield Park
    16 May 1942: Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 415079, Embarked from Sydney to finally disembark in U.K. on 15 Aug 1942.
    15 Aug 1942: Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, Royal Air Force - unspecified units
    2 Oct 1942: Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant
    7 Apr 1943: Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), Commenced Operational Missions.
    7 Apr 1943: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 415079, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45
    2 Jul 1943: Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), Date of Commission.
    30 Jul 1943: Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 415079, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), KIA when RAAF Lancaster III JA689 was shot during a Night Fighter Attack near Aspensen, Lower Saxony, Germany.
    30 Jul 1943: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 415079, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45

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    Biography contributed

    Herbert Leonard FUHRMANN was born in Collie, Western Australia on 27th November, 1917

    His parents were Frederick FUHRMANN & Margaret Mary O'BRIEN

    He was awarded a Distinguished Flying Medal

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