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SHORE, Ronald William
Service Number: | 411199 |
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Enlisted: | 26 April 1941, Sydney, NSW |
Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots |
Born: | Bexley, New South Wales, Australia, 13 September 1917 |
Home Town: | Bexley, Rockdale, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Bank Officer - Union Bank of Australia |
Died: | Accidental (Flying Accident), Richmond, New South Wales, Australia, Richmond, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 20 December 1944, aged 27 years |
Cemetery: |
Richmond War Cemetery, NSW Plot C Row D Grave 7 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Melbourne Union Bank of Australia Limited 'In Memoriam' WW2 Honour Roll |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 411199 | |
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26 Apr 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 411199, Aircraft / Repair / Salvage Depots, Sydney, NSW |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Lockheed Hudson A16-68 crashed at Richmond aerodrome in NSW while undergoing a test flight after servicing at RAAF Number 2 Aircraft Depot with all on board killed.
The crew were FLTLT Shore 411199 (Pilot) and FLGOFF Broderick 409022 (WAG)
All others on board were ground crew: Corporal McIlroy 35228 / LAC Chamberlain 15786 / LAC Gleeson 62705 / LAC Smith 64697 / Corporal Allen 36531 / Aircraftwoman Nancy Margaret Ralph 109913 WAAAF
Biography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of William and May T. Shore, of Bexley.
Eight Killed In RAAF
Crash
SYDNEY, Fri. - Six technicians, the pilot, and the wireless air gunner were killed in a service aircraft crash at Richmond RAAF station on Wednesday. One of those killed was a member of the WAAAF. The plane was returning from an instrument checking flight at 4.35 pm when it crashed on its landing approach. Those killed were: Flt-Lt R. W. Shore, of Bexley (NSW); P Officer J. J. Broderick, of Mildura; Cpl R. H. McIlroy. of Kogarah (NSW); LAC J. M. Gleeson, of Aroubra (NSW); Cpl J. M. Allen. of Burwood (NSW); LAC N. A. Chamberlain, of Mascot (NSW); Aircraft woman N. M. Ralph, of Strathfield (NSW) ; LAC F. F. Smith Laener, of Narrandera (NSW).