Hugh Alexander MCLENNAN DFM

MCLENNAN, Hugh Alexander

    Service Number: 401243
    Enlisted: 5 January 1941
    Last Rank: Pilot Officer
    Last Unit: No. 156 Squadron (RAF)
    Born: Temora, New South Wales, Australia , 6 July 1916
    Home Town: Temora, Temora Municipality, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Branch Manager Tarax Ale Brewing Co.
    Died: Flying Battle, North West Europe, 19 February 1943, aged 26 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England, United Kingdom Panel 191
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Runnymede Memorial
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    World War 2 Service

    3 Sep 1939: Involvement Pilot Officer, 401243
    5 Jan 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 401243, No. 156 Squadron (RAF)
    5 Jan 1941: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 401243, No. 2 Initial Training School Bradfield Park, Aircraftman 2, 401243 on Enlistment in the RAAF.
    1 Feb 1941: Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, No. 2 Initial Training School Bradfield Park, Promoted to Leading Aircraftman RAAF.
    22 Feb 1941: Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, No. 2 Initial Training School Bradfield Park, He was Attached to the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), from the 22nd February 1941 Until the 14th September 1941.
    1 Sep 1941: Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, No. 1 Bombing and Air Gunnery School / No. 1 Air Observers School / Evans Head, Promoted to Sergeant RAAF.
    15 Sep 1941: Transferred Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, No. 1 Bombing and Air Gunnery School / No. 1 Air Observers School / Evans Head, Attached to the Royal Air Force (RAF) from 15th September 1941 until his death during a Bombing Raid on the 19th February 1943.
    14 Aug 1942: Honoured Distinguished Flying Medal, Air War NW Europe 1939-45, Awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal (DFM) on the 14th August 1942 for Heroics during an Air Mission on a Night in July 1942.
    19 Feb 1943: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 401243, No. 156 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45, Killed In Action during a Bombing Mission over Harburg, Niedersachsen, Germany on 19th February 1943 whilst Attached to the 156 Squadron RAF.

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