STUCKEY, Victor
| Service Numbers: | 429001, N22676 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 August 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Camden, New South Wales, Australia, 5 October 1917 |
| Home Town: | Camden, Camden, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bank Officer |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Witten, Germany, 12 December 1944, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany Burial reference: - Plot 4, Row D, Grave 6 Personal inscription: - "He truly loved his Lord and Master Jesus Christ". Commemorated: - Roll of Honour, Camden, New South Wales. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Pilot Officer, 429001 | |
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| 6 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, N22676 | |
| 22 Oct 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 429001, Enlisted at Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Hubert Harry and Abigail Nelly Stuckey of Camden, NSW
Plane was Lancaster HK627 which was lost while on air operations over Germany
Biography contributed by Dianne Black
Trove : - Northern Star Friday 29th Dec 1944 - Page 4
Reported Missing
Flight Sergeant Victor Stuckey,who was on the staff of the Lismore branch of the Commonwealth Bank before joining the forces, has been officially reported missing,
believed to have lost his life, during air operations on December 12. Flight Sergeant Stuckey served with the A.I.F. before transferring to the R.A.A.F. in October, 1942. After training in Canada he proceeded to England and took part in many operational flights over
enemy territory as a member of a Lancaster aircraft.
A member of the Northern Star Cricket Club during his stay in Lismore, he had many good performances to his credit in second grade, and afterwards played several games in the first grade team before enlisting. He was a prominent member of the Lismore Methodist Church and interested himself in Christian Endeavour
work. Flight Sergeant Stuckey is the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Stuckey, of Camden, where he
was born 27 years ago. He has many relations in the Lismore district.
Final Mission: - 15 Squadron's Avro Lancaster I (HK627) aircraft, with an aircrew of seven, took off during the day from RAF Mildenhall for an air operation flight over the steelworks of Witten, Germany. HK627 was shot down by flak, crashing near Witten and taking the lives of the entire crew.
The crew of - (HK627) were: -
Sergeant Leslie GARRATT, - RAFVR
Flying Officer Samuel Tudor LEE, - RAFVR
Flight Lieutenant Roy Frederick MARSH, - RAFVR
RAAF Pilot Officer Robert Mcauly MURRAY, - RAAF
Pilot Officer Victor STUCKEY, - RAAF
Sergeant John SWAINSTON - RAFVR
Sergeant John Dixon WADE. - RAFVR
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