Raymond Frank PULLIN

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PULLIN, Raymond Frank

Service Number:	411050
Enlisted:	31 March 1941
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 9 September 1916
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Accidental (Aircraft accident), Amberley, Queensland, Australia, Amberley, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, 14 September 1945, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	Ipswich General Cemetery, Qld Row E Grave 1, Ipswich General Cemetery, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flying Officer, 411050
31 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 411050

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

RAAF B-24J Liberator A72-313, ex USAAF #44-28125, of 99 Squadron RAAF crashed near Amberley aerodrome in Queensland. FLTLT Hendy was in A72-313 supervising the pilot and co-pilot on a pilot check-flight. The pilot and co-pilot had not flown a Liberator for quite some time.

The Liberator lifted off earlier than the normal take-off distance and not long after take-off the number 2 propeller was feathered for a short time before it was restarted. As this was happening the aircraft yawed dramatically to the right.

The undercarriage was retracted and then lowered again and then raised again as the aircraft circled Amberley airfield slowly losing height. It was dangerously low when it was 5 miles from the runway. Its undercarriage and flaps were raised as it turned to starboard in a shallow descent. Then all the engines suddenly stopped, and the aircraft nose-dived down by about 70 degrees and it crashed amongst trees.

The aircraft caught fire and all five crewmen on board were killed:

Sergeant George Alfred Dureau 13926 RAAF

Flying Officer Raymond Frank Pullin 411050 RAAF

Flight Sergeant Vincent John Quinn 437876 RAAF

Flying Officer James Harold Mutton 34046 RAAF

Flight Lieutenant George Allan Hendy 401441 RAAF

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