William Llewellyn SCANLAN

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SCANLAN, William Llewellyn

Service Number:	406736
Enlisted:	31 March 1941
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	HQ North Eastern Area Command (RAAF)
Born:	Perth, Western Australia, 1 May 1917
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Fremantle Boys School & Scotch College, Claremont, Western Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Flying Battle, New Guinea, 17 December 1942, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Port Moresby Memorial, Port Moresby, National Capital District, National Capital, Papua New Guinea. Panel 9.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Moresby (Bomana) Memorial

World War 2 Service

31 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 406736
17 Dec 1942:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 406736, HQ North Eastern Area Command (RAAF)

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Sergeant William Llewellyn Scanlan 406736 RAAF was the co-pilot aboard USAAF 2nd Bombardment Squadron B-26 Marauder 40-1529 "Fury" which was one of three B-26 bombers from the 22nd Bombardment Group, 5th US Air Force (known as the "Red Raiders") assigned to attack Japanese positions at Buna

Fury was last seen flying northwards through the Kokoda Gap area of the Owen Stanley Mountains with no trace of the aircraft being located in post-war searches

Sergeant Scanlan is commemorated on the Port Moresby Memorial as his body was not recovered

Biography contributed

William Llewellyn SCANLAN was born in Perth, Western Australia on 1st May, 1917

His parents were Michael Joseph SCANLAN & Muriel May RICHARDS who married in Perth in 1913

William died on 17th December, 1942 while serving with the 2B Squadron of the USA Air Force - he was with the Head Quarters of the North East Area in Townsville, Queensland at the time (RAAF)

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