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HEATHCOTE, Raphael Rex
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 406850 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 April 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Mount Lawley, Western Australia, 19 July 1921 |
| Home Town: | Southern Cross, Yilgarn, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Flying Accident, Wales, United Kingdom, 14 January 1943, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Hawarden Cemetery, Hawarden, Flintshire, Wales 4G 44 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Southern Cross War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Pilot Officer, 406850 | |
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| 28 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 406850 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Pilot officer Raphael Rex Heathcote 406850 was killed when Mustang AP199 of Number 41 Operational Training Unit RAF crashed in Wales, 2 miles south of the Cheshire border, after a mid-air collision with another Mustang