PRIDDLE, David Allan
| Service Number: | 420487 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 November 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia, 11 November 1920 |
| Home Town: | Ashfield, Ashfield, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Flying Battle, North Sea, Atlantic Ocean, 13 March 1944, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL at Panel 259. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, RAF Hunsdon Roll of Honour, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Pilot Officer, 420487 | |
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| 8 Nov 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 420487 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Pilot Officer Priddle was 23 and the son of Archie Goswell Priddle and Marjorie May Priddle, of Narrabeen, New South Wales, Australia. He is remembered on the RAF Hunsdon war memorial at Hunsdon Airfieldin Drury Lane, Hunsdon, East Hertfordshire, SG12 8NR
It was made by J. Day and Sons, Bishops Stortford and was unveiled on 23-06-2012, attended by: Air Commodore G. Waterfall, Colonel P. Keddy, Wing Commander N. Olney, Group Captain P. Wood, H. Townsend, V. Hitchen, T. Edwards, Reverend M. Dunstan, Reverend J. Ledger.
It is a polished black tablet set on a concrete tapering plinth with gilded lettering. The names are in four columns. Next to the above memorial is a tapering plinth with plaques on two faces and surmounted by an aircraft propeller.
Biography contributed by David Barlow
Flight Sergeant David Allan Priddle 420487 (Navigator) and Pilot Officer Barriball 42358 RNZAF of 487SQN RNZAF were killed when Mosquito HX857 crashed in the North Sea after an attack on German positions - their bodies were not recovered and they are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial
Their aircraft was damaged by AA over enemy territory and during a forced landing at sea the aircraft broke up on impact with the water
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