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SPALDING, John Robert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 404516 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 13 September 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 29 September 1915 |
| Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Accidental (Flying Accident), India, 26 April 1942, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Karachi War Cemetery, Pakistan |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Toowoomba Grammar School WW2 Honour Board, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW2, Toowoomba St. James' Roll of Honour, Toowoomba WW2 Roll of Honour Book, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial) |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flying Officer, 404516 | |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Sep 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 404516 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Flying Officer Spalding 404516 of 13 Operational Training Unit / 60 Squadron RAF was seriously injured when the civil Tiger Moth he hired from the local flying club on the 25th of April 1942 crashed in Lahore, India
The aircraft was flying over Lahore doing low level aerobatics when it struck a building and crashed. Flying Officer Spalding died the next day in hospital