Maxwell Joseph Andrew WYLLIE

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WYLLIE, Maxwell Joseph Andrew

Service Number:	405001
Enlisted:	5 January 1941
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 460 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 10 November 1915
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	St. James School, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, (1927-28) St. Josephs College
Occupation:	Grocer
Died:	Shot while attempting escape from German Prisoner of War Camp, Germany, 22 April 1943, aged 27 years
Cemetery:	Krakow Rakowicki Cemetery 1. C. 13
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sergeant, 405001
5 Jan 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 405001, No. 2 Initial Training School Bradfield Park
5 Jan 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 405001
1 Mar 1941:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman
24 Oct 1941:	Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant
24 Feb 1942:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 405001, Operational Training Units (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45, Air Observer
19 Jun 1942:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 405001, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45
2 Jul 1942:	Imprisoned Air War NW Europe 1939-45, Shot and killed during escape attempt on 22 April 1943

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Sergeant Maxwell Joseph Andrew Wyllie 405001 RAAF was killed in an escape attempt after being shot down at Kressendorf (Lingen), Germany in Wellington Z1381 of 460SQN

3 crew were killed when the aircraft was shot down (3 July 1942): Sergeant Darryl Downing 407709 RAAF / Flight Sergeant Arthur Maxwell Johnston 404784 RAAF / Sergeant William James Taylor 407775 RAAF

Survivors were Sergeant David August Radke 405139 RAAF POW - discharged 1945 / Sergeant William Gerald Reed DCM 402479 RAAF POW - discharged 1946

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