Anthony SHANAHAN

SHANAHAN, Anthony

    Service Numbers: N228817, 423908
    Enlisted: 4 November 1941
    Last Rank: Flight Lieutenant
    Last Unit: No. 158 Squadron (RAF)
    Born: Austinmer, Wollongong - New South Wales, Australia, 30 May 1923
    Home Town: Austinmer, Wollongong, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Not yet discovered
    Memorials: Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial
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    World War 2 Service

    4 Nov 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N228817
    14 Jul 1942: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N228817
    18 Jul 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 423908, Aircrew Training Units, Sydney, NSW
    18 Jul 1942: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 423908, Aircrew Training Units, Empire Air Training Scheme
    18 Jul 1942: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 423908
    30 Mar 1944: Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 423908, No. 158 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45, Bomb aimer crewing LW724, radio call sign NP-S, during the air attack on Nuremberg on the night of 30 March 1944. Their plane was shot down by a German aircraft and crashed near Herborn-Seelbach. FO Shanahan bailed out and was taken prisoner of war in Germany. The rest of the crew were killed.
    31 Mar 1944: Imprisoned Air War NW Europe 1939-45
    5 Oct 1945: Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 423908

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    Biography contributed by Steve Larkins

    Flying Officer Anthony Shanahan was the bomb aimer of Handley Page Halifax LW724, radio call sign NP-S, of No. 158 Squadron RAF during an air raid on Nuremberg on the night of 30 March 1944. Their plane was shot down by a German night fighter and crashed near Herborn-Seelbach. FO Shanahan bailed out and was taken prisoner of war in Germany. The rest of the crew were killed.

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