MCMASTER, Ross Faulkner
| Service Number: | 434470 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 4 December 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 460 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 4 July 1924 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer Grazier |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Dam near Aschaffenburg Germany , North West Europe, 21 November 1944, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Runnymede (Airforces) Memorial Surrey England. Panel 258. Local Roll of Honour - Longreach Qld., |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Pilot Officer, 434470 | |
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| 4 Dec 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 434470 | |
| 4 Dec 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 434470 | |
| 21 Nov 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 434470, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45, Wellington and Lancaster pilot | |
| Date unknown: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 434470 |
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434470 Pilot Officer Ross Faulkner McMaster
Ross Faulkner McMaster was born in 1924 into a family already involved in aviation in Australia.
He was the second son of Sir Fergus McMaster one of three persons who founded QANTAS in 1920.
Perhaps, because of his father’s involvement in the start up of an aviation company that became the Australian icon ‘QANTAS’ it would seem inevitable that Ross Faulkner McMaster would become a pilot in the Royal Australian Airforce then involved in World War 2.
Ross Faulkner McMaster joined the RAAF in Brisbane on December 4th 1942 and after initial pilot/aircrew training at Narromine New South Wales embarked for England.
After further operational training in the United Kingdom he was to pilot Wellington bombers.
In 1944 he became Captain of a Lancaster bomber with 460 Squadron (RAAF).
Ross Faulkner McMaster was the Captain of Lancaster Bomber (serial) NE141 radio callsign AR-P on his third operational Lancaster flight when his aircraft was brought down on the night of November 21st 1944 over Damm near Aschaffenburg Germany with the loss of all six crew.
Ross Faulkner McMaster is commemorated at the Runnymede (Airforces) Memorial Surrey England.
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